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

Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) leads on average score with 6.8 vs 5.6. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.039 vs $0.120. Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium) is faster at 6.66s vs 18.31s, with pass rates of 66.7% vs 37.7%.

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
#283
Total Output Tokens
135,768
Response Time (avg)
18.31s
Total Cost
$0.120
Recommended model Mercury 2.5 Preview (medium)

It has the best score here (6.8), while costing about 3.1x less than Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2.5 Preview Mercury 2.5 Preview medium Release: 2026-09-02 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Qwen3.5-35B-A3B none Release: 2026-02-24
Score 6.8 5.6
Rank #183 #283
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.6 8.6
Attempts 69/69 69/69
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 66.7% 37.7%
Flaky tests 1 4
Total Runs 69 69
Cost per result 0.244 3.135
Total Cost $0.039 $0.120
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 397,291 218,886
Output Tokens 6,355 135,768
Reasoning Tokens 143,752 0
Response Time (avg) 6.66s 18.31s
Response Time (max) 74.63s 209.15s
Response Time (total) 153.29s 421.19s
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

#283 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

none
Cost
$0.005
Time
28.4s
Tokens
4,518 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
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 1.39s 7,808 571 0

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