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Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Luna (high)

GPT-5.6 Luna (high) leads on average score with 7.6 vs 7.5. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.024 vs $0.179. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) is faster at 3.58s vs 16.49s, with pass rates of 69.7% vs 69.7%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-08

Compared models

Rank
#104
Total Output Tokens
127,034
Response Time (avg)
3.58s
Total Cost
$0.024
Rank
#94
Total Output Tokens
135,315
Response Time (avg)
16.49s
Total Cost
$0.179
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium)

Its score stays close to the best score here (7.5 vs 7.6), while costing about 7.6x less than GPT-5.6 Luna (high).

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview medium Release: 2026-09-02 GPT-5.6 Luna GPT-5.6 Luna high Release: 2026-07-09
Score 7.5 7.6
Rank #104 #94
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 8.5
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 69.7% 69.7%
Flaky tests 1 4
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.158 6.100
Total Cost $0.024 $0.179
Input Price $0.040 / 1M $0.200 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $1.200 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 112,713 80,927
Output Tokens 5,436 5,088
Reasoning Tokens 121,598 130,227
Response Time (avg) 3.58s 16.49s
Response Time (max) 17.84s 111.09s
Response Time (total) 78.66s 362.78s
Parameters ~100B ~400B total (~17B active)
Availability Closed Closed

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#104 Mercury 2.5 Preview

medium
Cost
$0.001
Time
2.7s
Tokens
2,241 tok

#94 GPT-5.6 Luna

high
Cost
$0.033
Time
34.2s
Tokens
5,484 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 7.8 10.0 66.7% 0 3.86s 7,839 552 22,126
GPT-5.6 Luna 5.5 4.7 55.6% 2 15.63s 7,302 510 17,746

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