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Mercury 2 (medium) vs GPT-6 Luna (low)

The average score is effectively tied at 7.0 vs 7.0. GPT-6 Luna (low) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.020 vs $0.094. Mercury 2 (medium) is faster at 2.95s vs 21.96s, with pass rates of 53.0% vs 62.1%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-23

Compared models

Rank
#163
Total Output Tokens
87,554
Response Time (avg)
2.95s
Total Cost
$0.094
Rank
#159
Total Output Tokens
22,605
Response Time (avg)
21.96s
Total Cost
$0.020
Recommended model Mercury 2 (medium)

It has the best score here (7.0), while responding about 7.5x faster than GPT-6 Luna (low).

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24 GPT-6 Luna GPT-6 Luna low Release: 2026-09-23
Score 7.0 7.0
Rank #163 #159
Reliability 10.0 9.6
Consistency 8.4 8.5
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 53.0% 62.1%
Flaky tests 4 4
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.933 0.176
Total Cost $0.094 $0.020
Input Price $0.250 / 1M $0.100 / 1M
Output Price $0.750 / 1M $0.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 110,515 80,159
Output Tokens 10,325 4,623
Reasoning Tokens 77,229 17,982
Response Time (avg) 2.95s 21.96s
Response Time (max) 14.63s 89.37s
Response Time (total) 61.89s 483.19s
Parameters ~100B ~400B total (~17B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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Hamster playing table tennis

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#163 Mercury 2

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

#159 GPT-6 Luna

low
Cost
$0.002
Time
19.2s
Tokens
2,598 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 8.2 7.7 77.8% 1 2.04s 7,065 296 11,328
GPT-6 Luna 6.0 7.2 55.6% 1 15.39s 7,302 493 6,655

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