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Granite 4.2 8B (high) vs Mercury 2

Mercury 2 leads on average score with 4.7 vs 4.6. Mercury 2 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.030 vs $0.084. Mercury 2 is faster at 825ms vs 235.89s, with pass rates of 39.4% vs 24.2%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#276
Total Output Tokens
612,215
Response Time (avg)
235.89s
Total Cost
$0.084
Rank
#275
Total Output Tokens
9,584
Response Time (avg)
825ms
Total Cost
$0.030
Recommended model Mercury 2

It has the best score here (4.7), while costing about 2.8x less than Granite 4.2 8B (high).

Detailed comparison

Metric Granite 4.2 8B Granite 4.2 8B high Release: 2026-09-02 Mercury 2 Mercury 2 none Release: 2026-02-24
Score 4.6 4.7
Rank #276 #275
Reliability 7.6 10.0
Consistency 6.3 9.2
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 39.4% 24.2%
Flaky tests 10 2
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 2.085 0.740
Total Cost $0.084 $0.030
Input Price $0.100 / 1M $0.250 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $0.750 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 43,278 89,637
Output Tokens 181,083 9,584
Reasoning Tokens 431,132 0
Response Time (avg) 235.89s 825ms
Response Time (max) 685.87s 4.52s
Response Time (total) 5189.64s 18.14s
Parameters 8B ~100B
Availability Open source Closed

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#276 IBM: Granite 4.2 8B

high
Provider returned error
Cost
$0.000
Time
0.2s
Tokens
0 tok

#275 Mercury 2

none
Cost
$0.002
Time
1.8s
Tokens
1,514 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
Granite 4.2 8B 3.8 4.3 33.3% 2 515.34s 7,047 42,438 154,749
Mercury 2 3.4 9.6 0.0% 0 1.03s 7,229 3,088 0

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