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Inception: Mercury 2 vs StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash

Summary

Mercury 2 vs Step 3.7 Flash benchmark comparison: Step 3.7 Flash leads on average score with 7.7 vs 7.5. Mercury 2 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.058 vs $0.341. Mercury 2 is faster at 2.24s vs 15.74s, with pass rates of 54.0% vs 68.3%.

Recommended model: Mercury 2 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.5 vs 7.7), while costing about 5.9x less than Step 3.7 Flash.

Last updated at: 2026-06-12

Metric Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24 Step 3.7 Flash Step 3.7 Flash low Release: 2026-05-29
Score 7.5 7.7
Rank #46 #42
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 8.8 8.4
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 54.0% 68.3%
Flaky tests 3 4
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 0.578 2.840
Total Cost $0.058 $0.341
Input Price $0.250 / 1M $0.200 / 1M
Output Price $0.750 / 1M $1.150 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 35,116 40,101
Output Tokens 4,048 289,325
Reasoning Tokens 61,219 0
Response Time (avg) 2.24s 15.74s
Response Time (max) 14.63s 124.75s
Response Time (total) 44.72s 330.63s

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

#42 Step 3.7 Flash

low
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.004
Time
25.3s
Tokens
3,072 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
Step 3.7 Flash 8.7 7.9 91.7% 1 4.02s 756 10,896 0
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
Step 3.7 Flash 8.2 7.2 88.9% 1 9.46s 7,437 18,685 0
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
Step 3.7 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 7.98s 13,683 6,426 0
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
Step 3.7 Flash 7.3 5.8 83.3% 1 2.29s 7,398 2,667 0
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
Step 3.7 Flash 5.3 7.2 44.4% 1 43.31s 828 104,487 0
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
Step 3.7 Flash 3.4 9.3 0.0% 0 7.00s 525 4,604 0
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
Step 3.7 Flash 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 1.58s 735 1,857 0
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
Step 3.7 Flash 5.5 9.9 33.3% 0 1.84s 756 3,564 0
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
Step 3.7 Flash 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.25s 7,746 1,360 0
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
Step 3.7 Flash 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 124.75s 237 134,779 0

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