Mercury 2 (medium) vs GLM 5.2

Compared models

Recommended model Mercury 2 (medium)

Its score stays close to the best score here (6.6 vs 6.6), while responding about 2.6x faster than GLM 5.2.

Metric	Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24	GLM 5.2 GLM 5.2 none Release: 2026-06-17

Metric	Mercury 2 Mercury 2 medium Release: 2026-02-24	GLM 5.2 GLM 5.2 none Release: 2026-06-17
Score	6.6	6.6
Rank	#189	#186
Reliability	10.0	10.0
Consistency	8.1	9.0
Attempts	69/69	69/69
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate	53.6%	63.8%
Flaky tests	5	3
Total Runs	69	69
Cost per result	1.201	1.753
Total Cost	$0.121	$0.152
Input Price	$0.250 / 1M	$0.325 / 1M
Output Price	$0.750 / 1M	$3.990 / 1M
Total Input Tokens	189,300	247,919
Output Tokens	10,854	17,685
Reasoning Tokens	86,089	0
Response Time (avg)	4.40s	11.27s
Response Time (max)	34.92s	79.65s
Response Time (total)	96.81s	259.32s
Parameters	~100B	744B total (40B active)
Availability	Closed	Open source

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

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Agentic	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2	4.7	1.6	66.7%	1		34.92s	78,785	529	8,860
GLM 5.2	6.1	3.1	66.7%	1		46.94s	135,461	3,341	0

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
GLM 5.2	8.3	10.0	75.0%	0		3.70s	567	313	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
GLM 5.2	3.7	9.5	0.0%	0		7.55s	7,263	1,958	0

Combined	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Mercury 2	6.7	9.1	50.0%	0		7.84s	87,365	6,533	20,474
GLM 5.2	6.9	5.9	66.7%	1		50.17s	88,074	11,016	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
GLM 5.2	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		7.17s	7,113	204	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	4.4	22.2%	2		8.06s	1,638	53	31,177
GLM 5.2	7.7	10.0	66.7%	0		6.35s	705	27	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
GLM 5.2	6.1	3.1	66.7%	1		4.42s	480	82	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
GLM 5.2	9.8	10.0	100.0%	0		3.84s	642	66	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
GLM 5.2	7.7	10.0	66.7%	0		3.31s	618	265	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
GLM 5.2	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		15.76s	6,807	400	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
GLM 5.2	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		3.41s	189	13	0

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