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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Inception: Mercury 2

Summary

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Mercury 2 benchmark comparison: DeepSeek V4 Pro leads on average score with 7.6 vs 7.5. Mercury 2 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.058 vs $0.157. Mercury 2 is faster at 2.24s vs 77.20s, with pass rates of 66.7% vs 54.0%.

Recommended model: Mercury 2 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.5 vs 7.6), while costing about 2.7x less than DeepSeek V4 Pro.

Last updated at: 2026-06-17

Metric DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek V4 Pro high Release: 2026-04-24 Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24
Score 7.6 7.5
Rank #41 #44
Reliability 9.3 10.0
Consistency 7.0 8.8
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 66.7% 54.0%
Flaky tests 8 3
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 1.742 0.578
Total Cost $0.157 $0.058
Input Price $0.435 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $0.870 / 1M $0.750 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 38,726 35,116
Output Tokens 6,334 4,048
Reasoning Tokens 159,151 61,219
Response Time (avg) 77.20s 2.24s
Response Time (max) 416.76s 14.63s
Response Time (total) 1621.17s 44.72s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#41 DeepSeek V4 Pro

high
Cost
$0.023
Time
257.6s
Tokens
14,870 tok

#44 Mercury 2

medium
Cost
$0.002
Time
2.1s
Tokens
1,702 tok

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Score vs Total Cost

Response Time (avg)

Score vs Response Time (avg)

Total Output Tokens

Score vs Total Output Tokens

Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 5.7 5.9 58.3% 2 25.70s 536 149 3,214
Mercury 2 6.9 9.9 50.0% 0 1.12s 554 2,546 2,609
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 6.1 4.6 66.7% 2 243.00s 5,090 383 84,580
Mercury 2 8.2 7.7 77.8% 1 2.04s 7,065 296 11,328
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 38.17s 14,060 454 5,836
Mercury 2 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.28s 12,909 268 4,887
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 25.03s 7,690 274 2,166
Mercury 2 7.3 5.9 83.3% 1 1.11s 6,234 183 1,656
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 3.6 7.2 22.2% 1 151.46s 569 4,404 50,391
Mercury 2 2.9 7.2 11.1% 1 6.48s 695 41 30,754
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 8.83s 471 115 1,013
Mercury 2 4.8 10.0 0.0% 0 821ms 456 137 542
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 7.8 6.6 83.3% 1 8.73s 627 66 2,726
Mercury 2 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 1.07s 340 14 958
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 6.9 4.9 77.8% 2 56.85s 591 178 2,563
Mercury 2 5.4 10.0 33.3% 0 949ms 601 361 2,781
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 15.92s 8,909 295 701
Mercury 2 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 1.89s 6,080 180 1,956
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 34.01s 183 16 5,961
Mercury 2 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 2.58s 182 22 3,748

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