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Claude Opus 5 vs Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium)

Claude Opus 5 leads on average score with 7.5 vs 7.5. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.024 vs $1.550. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) is faster at 3.58s vs 7.65s, with pass rates of 57.6% vs 69.7%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#84
Total Output Tokens
24,866
Response Time (avg)
7.65s
Total Cost
$1.550
Rank
#91
Total Output Tokens
127,034
Response Time (avg)
3.58s
Total Cost
$0.024
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium)

Its score stays close to the best score here (7.5 vs 7.5), while costing about 65.8x less than Claude Opus 5.

Detailed comparison

Metric Claude Opus 5 Claude Opus 5 none Release: 2026-07-25 Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview medium Release: 2026-09-02
Score 7.5 7.5
Rank #84 #91
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 9.6
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 57.6% 69.7%
Flaky tests 1 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 12.912 0.158
Total Cost $1.550 $0.024
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $0.040 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $0.150 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 185,547 112,713
Output Tokens 24,866 5,436
Reasoning Tokens 0 121,598
Response Time (avg) 7.65s 3.58s
Response Time (max) 47.72s 17.84s
Response Time (total) 168.35s 78.66s
Parameters ~5T total (~500B active) ~100B
Availability Closed Closed

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#84 Claude Opus 5

none
Cost
$0.271
Time
149.3s
Tokens
10,962 tok

#91 Mercury 2.5 Preview

medium
Cost
$0.001
Time
2.7s
Tokens
2,241 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 5 5.9 9.7 33.3% 0 5.54s 10,590 2,886 0
Mercury 2.5 Preview 7.8 10.0 66.7% 0 3.86s 7,839 552 22,126

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