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Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 Coder Next leads on average score with 5.1 vs 5.0. Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.011 vs $0.026. Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) is faster at 1.31s vs 8.63s, with pass rates of 47.0% vs 25.8%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#254
Total Output Tokens
31,975
Response Time (avg)
1.31s
Total Cost
$0.011
Rank
#248
Total Output Tokens
11,808
Response Time (avg)
8.63s
Total Cost
$0.026
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (low)

Its score stays close to the best score here (5.0 vs 5.1), while costing about 2.5x less than Qwen3 Coder Next.

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview low Release: 2026-09-02 Qwen3 Coder Next Qwen3 Coder Next none Release: 2026-02-03
Score 5.0 5.1
Rank #254 #248
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 7.0 9.7
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 47.0% 25.8%
Flaky tests 8 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.169 0.488
Total Cost $0.011 $0.026
Input Price $0.040 / 1M $0.120 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $0.800 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 133,525 134,227
Output Tokens 7,259 11,808
Reasoning Tokens 24,716 0
Response Time (avg) 1.31s 8.63s
Response Time (max) 7.29s 45.14s
Response Time (total) 28.77s 146.72s
Parameters ~100B 80B total (3B active)
Availability Closed Open source

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#254 Mercury 2.5 Preview

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

#248 Qwen3 Coder Next

none
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.058
Time
246.3s
Tokens
64,126 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
Qwen3 Coder Next 4.6 7.9 22.2% 1 2.22s 7,442 621 0

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