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Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B (medium)

Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) leads on average score with 6.8 vs 6.3. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.039 vs $0.716. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) is faster at 6.66s vs 111.54s, with pass rates of 66.7% vs 65.2%.

Last updated at: 2026-10-09

Compared models

Rank
#183
Total Output Tokens
150,107
Response Time (avg)
6.66s
Total Cost
$0.039
Rank
#225
Total Output Tokens
913,343
Response Time (avg)
111.54s
Total Cost
$0.716
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium)

It has the best score here (6.8), while costing about 18.6x less than Qwen3.5-35B-A3B (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview medium Release: 2026-09-02 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Qwen3.5-35B-A3B medium Release: 2026-02-24
Score 6.8 6.3
Rank #183 #225
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 7.5
Attempts 69/69 69/69
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 66.7% 65.2%
Flaky tests 1 7
Total Runs 69 69
Cost per result 0.244 10.505
Total Cost $0.039 $0.716
Input Price $0.040 / 1M $0.080 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $0.750 / 1M
Cache Read Price N/A $0.040 / 1M
Cache Write Price N/A N/A
Total Input Tokens 397,291 378,048
Output Tokens 6,355 56,477
Reasoning Tokens 143,752 865,151
Response Time (avg) 6.66s 111.54s
Response Time (max) 74.63s 950.25s
Response Time (total) 153.29s 2565.38s
Parameters ~100B 35B total (3B active)
Availability Closed Open source

Cache prices apply to input tokens. Reads reuse cached prompts; writes store them and can cost extra. Output tokens use the output price.

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#183 Mercury 2.5 Preview

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

#225 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

medium
Cost
$0.009
Time
71.4s
Tokens
8,631 tok

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Score vs Total Output Tokens

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
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 5.9 9.3 33.3% 0 206.65s 4,106 23,844 111,462

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