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Inception: Mercury 2 vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna

Summary

Mercury 2 (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Luna (high) benchmark comparison: GPT-5.6 Luna (high) leads on average score with 7.7 vs 7.5. Mercury 2 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.058 vs $0.924. Mercury 2 (medium) is faster at 2.24s vs 18.39s, with pass rates of 54.0% vs 71.4%.

Recommended model: Mercury 2 (medium) - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.5 vs 7.7), while costing about 16.0x less than GPT-5.6 Luna (high).

Last updated at: 2026-07-09

Metric Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24 GPT-5.6 Luna GPT-5.6 Luna high Release: 2026-07-09
Score 7.5 7.7
Rank #56 #50
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.8 8.8
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 54.0% 71.4%
Flaky tests 3 3
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 0.578 6.594
Total Cost $0.058 $0.924
Input Price $0.250 / 1M $1.000 / 1M
Output Price $0.750 / 1M $6.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 35,116 35,699
Output Tokens 4,048 2,079
Reasoning Tokens 61,219 145,816
Response Time (avg) 2.24s 18.39s
Response Time (max) 14.63s 111.09s
Response Time (total) 44.72s 386.24s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#56 Mercury 2

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

#50 GPT-5.6 Luna

high
Cost
$0.033
Time
34.2s
Tokens
5,484 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-5.6 Luna 8.3 10.0 75.0% 0 2.99s 606 162 1,265
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-5.6 Luna 5.5 4.7 55.6% 2 15.63s 7,302 510 17,746
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-5.6 Luna 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 13.29s 12,500 357 2,911
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-5.6 Luna 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.18s 7,140 234 470
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-5.6 Luna 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 78.96s 723 69 96,395
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-5.6 Luna 5.0 10.0 0.0% 0 3.65s 477 117 563
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-5.6 Luna 9.9 10.0 100.0% 0 1.79s 660 97 481
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-5.6 Luna 7.6 7.2 77.8% 1 14.55s 642 242 18,281
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-5.6 Luna 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.98s 5,454 260 324
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-5.6 Luna 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 17.00s 195 31 7,380

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