Is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Mercury 2.5 cheaper?

Mercury 2.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($0.94 vs $3.13 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Mercury 2.5?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Mercury 2.5

Mercury 2.5 is cheaper on output tokens, while Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite offers a larger context window. Choose Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Mercury 2.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite	Mercury 2.5
Provider	Venice AI	Venice AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.38	$0.25
Output / 1M tokens	$3.13	$0.94
Context window	1M	260K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Jul 2026	Sep 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite details →Mercury 2.5 details →

FAQ

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