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Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) vs GPT-4o-mini

Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) leads on average score with 5.0 vs 5.0. GPT-4o-mini has the lower benchmark cost at $0.010 vs $0.011. Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) is faster at 1.31s vs 1.92s, with pass rates of 47.0% vs 22.7%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#254
Total Output Tokens
31,975
Response Time (avg)
1.31s
Total Cost
$0.011
Rank
#257
Total Output Tokens
2,913
Response Time (avg)
1.92s
Total Cost
$0.010
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (low)

It has the strongest score in this comparison (5.0) and the best overall balance of cost and response time across all 2 models.

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview low Release: 2026-09-02 GPT-4o-mini GPT-4o-mini none Release: 2024-07-18
Score 5.0 5.0
Rank #254 #257
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 7.0 9.9
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 47.0% 22.7%
Flaky tests 8 0
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.169 0.195
Total Cost $0.011 $0.010
Input Price $0.040 / 1M $0.150 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $0.600 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 133,525 53,145
Output Tokens 7,259 2,913
Reasoning Tokens 24,716 0
Response Time (avg) 1.31s 1.92s
Response Time (max) 7.29s 7.58s
Response Time (total) 28.77s 30.71s
Parameters ~100B ~8B
Availability Closed Closed

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#254 Mercury 2.5 Preview

low
Cost
$0.001
Time
1.5s
Tokens
1,169 tok

#257 GPT-4o-mini

none
Cost
$0.001
Time
6.6s
Tokens
742 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 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 972ms 7,794 695 2,263
GPT-4o-mini 3.2 9.6 0.0% 0 1.63s 7,314 367 0

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