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Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) vs Hy4 preview

Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) leads on average score with 5.0 vs 4.8. Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.011 vs $0.041. Mercury 2.5 Preview (low) is faster at 1.31s vs 39.24s, with pass rates of 47.0% vs 16.7%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#254
Total Output Tokens
31,975
Response Time (avg)
1.31s
Total Cost
$0.011
Rank
#262
Total Output Tokens
7,306
Response Time (avg)
39.24s
Total Cost
$0.041
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (low)

It has the best score here (5.0), while costing about 4.0x less than Hy4 preview.

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview low Release: 2026-09-02 Hy4 preview Hy4 preview none Release: 2026-08-29
Score 5.0 4.8
Rank #254 #262
Reliability 10.0 4.3
Consistency 7.0 9.3
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 47.0% 16.7%
Flaky tests 8 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.169 1.343
Total Cost $0.011 $0.041
Input Price $0.040 / 1M $0.834 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $2.501 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 133,525 26,376
Output Tokens 7,259 7,306
Reasoning Tokens 24,716 0
Response Time (avg) 1.31s 39.24s
Response Time (max) 7.29s 95.32s
Response Time (total) 28.77s 863.30s
Parameters ~100B 770B total (49B 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

#262 Hy4 preview

none
This operation was aborted
Cost
$0.000
Time
0.0s
Tokens
0 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
Hy4 preview 3.8 9.4 0.0% 0 45.53s 6,646 4,103 0

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