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Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Terra (low)

The average score is effectively tied at 7.5 vs 7.5. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.024 vs $0.420. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) is faster at 3.58s vs 5.45s, with pass rates of 69.7% vs 74.2%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#91
Total Output Tokens
127,034
Response Time (avg)
3.58s
Total Cost
$0.024
Rank
#86
Total Output Tokens
21,586
Response Time (avg)
5.45s
Total Cost
$0.420
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium)

It has the best score here (7.5), while costing about 17.8x less than GPT-5.6 Terra (low).

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview medium Release: 2026-09-02 GPT-5.6 Terra GPT-5.6 Terra low Release: 2026-07-09
Score 7.5 7.5
Rank #91 #86
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 7.9
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 69.7% 74.2%
Flaky tests 1 6
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.158 3.954
Total Cost $0.024 $0.420
Input Price $0.040 / 1M $2.000 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $12.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 112,713 80,304
Output Tokens 5,436 4,714
Reasoning Tokens 121,598 16,872
Response Time (avg) 3.58s 5.45s
Response Time (max) 17.84s 19.85s
Response Time (total) 78.66s 119.83s
Parameters ~100B ~1T total (~60B active)
Availability Closed Closed

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#91 Mercury 2.5 Preview

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

#86 GPT-5.6 Terra

low
Cost
$0.034
Time
16.8s
Tokens
2,348 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 Terra 6.6 4.6 77.8% 2 9.56s 7,302 429 6,821

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