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Inception: Mercury 2 vs OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna

Summary

Mercury 2 (medium) vs GPT-5.6 Luna (medium) benchmark comparison: The average score is effectively tied at 7.5 vs 7.6. Mercury 2 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.058 vs $0.258. Mercury 2 (medium) is faster at 2.24s vs 6.70s, with pass rates of 54.0% vs 63.5%.

Recommended model: Mercury 2 (medium) - It has the best score here (7.5), while costing about 4.5x less than GPT-5.6 Luna (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-09

Metric Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24 GPT-5.6 Luna GPT-5.6 Luna medium Release: 2026-07-09
Score 7.5 7.6
Rank #56 #54
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.8 9.6
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 54.0% 63.5%
Flaky tests 3 1
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 0.578 1.978
Total Cost $0.058 $0.258
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 2,148
Reasoning Tokens 61,219 34,740
Response Time (avg) 2.24s 6.70s
Response Time (max) 14.63s 29.85s
Response Time (total) 44.72s 140.62s

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

#54 GPT-5.6 Luna

medium
Cost
$0.014
Time
14.6s
Tokens
2,362 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 2.52s 606 160 987
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 5.4 7.2 44.4% 1 10.38s 7,302 564 9,928
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 9.53s 12,500 375 1,354
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 1.95s 7,140 234 324
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 5.3 10.0 33.3% 0 17.37s 723 68 16,531
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 5.1 10.0 0.0% 0 4.34s 477 112 496
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 2.38s 660 95 393
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 7.8 10.0 66.7% 0 4.04s 642 255 2,104
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 6.02s 5,454 256 244
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 6.64s 195 29 2,379

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