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Inception: Mercury 2 vs OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano

Summary

Mercury 2 vs GPT-5.4 Nano benchmark comparison: The average score is effectively tied at 7.5 vs 7.5. Mercury 2 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.058 vs $0.107. Mercury 2 is faster at 2.24s vs 11.95s, with pass rates of 54.0% vs 63.5%.

Recommended model: Mercury 2 - It has the best score here (7.5), while costing about 1.8x less than GPT-5.4 Nano.

Last updated at: 2026-06-12

Metric Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24 GPT-5.4 Nano GPT-5.4 Nano medium Release: 2026-03-17
Score 7.5 7.5
Rank #46 #48
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.8 8.4
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 54.0% 63.5%
Flaky tests 3 4
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 0.578 0.969
Total Cost $0.058 $0.107
Input Price $0.250 / 1M $0.200 / 1M
Output Price $0.750 / 1M $1.250 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 35,116 35,434
Output Tokens 4,048 3,014
Reasoning Tokens 61,219 76,520
Response Time (avg) 2.24s 11.95s
Response Time (max) 14.63s 94.06s
Response Time (total) 44.72s 250.98s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#46 Mercury 2

medium
Cost
$0.002
Time
2.1s
Tokens
1,702 tok

#48 GPT-5.4 Nano

medium
Cost
$0.007
Time
24.6s
Tokens
4,943 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 6.9 9.9 50.0% 0 1.12s 554 2,546 2,609
GPT-5.4 Nano 8.3 10.0 75.0% 0 4.52s 606 683 2,254
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 8.2 7.7 77.8% 1 2.04s 7,065 296 11,328
GPT-5.4 Nano 6.1 4.7 66.7% 2 19.12s 7,305 516 20,778
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.28s 12,909 268 4,887
GPT-5.4 Nano 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 24.13s 12,345 349 5,719
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 7.3 5.9 83.3% 1 1.11s 6,234 183 1,656
GPT-5.4 Nano 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.54s 7,140 234 516
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 2.9 7.2 11.1% 1 6.48s 695 41 30,754
GPT-5.4 Nano 5.9 7.2 55.6% 1 38.18s 619 60 43,325
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 4.8 10.0 0.0% 0 821ms 456 137 542
GPT-5.4 Nano 4.5 10.0 0.0% 0 4.15s 477 179 443
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 1.07s 340 14 958
GPT-5.4 Nano 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 1.88s 660 95 521
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 5.4 10.0 33.3% 0 949ms 601 361 2,781
GPT-5.4 Nano 4.1 7.2 22.2% 1 3.79s 642 594 1,408
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 1.89s 6,080 180 1,956
GPT-5.4 Nano 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 7.71s 5,445 234 382
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 2.58s 182 22 3,748
GPT-5.4 Nano 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 4.81s 195 70 1,174

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