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Mercury 2.5 Preview (high) vs Qwen3.6 27B (medium)

Mercury 2.5 Preview (high) leads on average score with 6.6 vs 6.5. Mercury 2.5 Preview (high) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.030 vs $1.045. Mercury 2.5 Preview (high) is faster at 4.01s vs 106.06s, with pass rates of 65.2% vs 60.6%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#157
Total Output Tokens
163,505
Response Time (avg)
4.01s
Total Cost
$0.030
Rank
#159
Total Output Tokens
272,573
Response Time (avg)
106.06s
Total Cost
$1.045
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (high)

It has the best score here (6.6), while costing about 35.8x less than Qwen3.6 27B (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview high Release: 2026-09-02 Qwen3.6 27B Qwen3.6 27B medium Release: 2026-04-20
Score 6.6 6.5
Rank #157 #159
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.2 7.6
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 65.2% 60.6%
Flaky tests 5 7
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.243 7.448
Total Cost $0.030 $1.045
Input Price $0.040 / 1M $0.600 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $3.600 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 115,759 106,176
Output Tokens 2,562 33,013
Reasoning Tokens 160,943 239,560
Response Time (avg) 4.01s 106.06s
Response Time (max) 17.71s 1085.11s
Response Time (total) 88.25s 2333.36s
Parameters ~100B 27B
Availability Closed Open source

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#157 Mercury 2.5 Preview

high
Cost
$0.001
Time
4.5s
Tokens
3,851 tok

#159 Qwen3.6 27B

medium
Cost
$0.009
Time
39.6s
Tokens
3,090 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
Mercury 2.5 Preview 6.7 7.8 55.6% 1 6.13s 7,751 485 42,569
Qwen3.6 27B 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 142.99s 5,051 7,968 43,367

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