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Mercury 2 vs KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 leads on average score with 4.8 vs 4.7. Mercury 2 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.030 vs $0.070. Mercury 2 is faster at 825ms vs 12.46s, with pass rates of 24.2% vs 36.4%.

Last updated at: 2026-08-26

Rank
#264
Total Output Tokens
9,584
Response Time (avg)
825ms
Total Cost
$0.030
Rank
#257
Total Output Tokens
97,752
Response Time (avg)
12.46s
Total Cost
$0.070
Recommended model Mercury 2

Its score stays close to the best score here (4.7 vs 4.8), while costing about 2.3x less than KAT-Coder-Air V2.5.

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2 Mercury 2 none Release: 2026-02-24 KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 none Release: 2026-07-14
Score 4.7 4.8
Rank #264 #257
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.2 7.2
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 24.2% 36.4%
Flaky tests 2 7
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.740 1.382
Total Cost $0.030 $0.070
Input Price $0.250 / 1M $0.150 / 1M
Output Price $0.750 / 1M $0.600 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 89,637 69,376
Output Tokens 9,584 97,752
Reasoning Tokens 0 0
Response Time (avg) 825ms 12.46s
Response Time (max) 4.52s 121.05s
Response Time (total) 18.14s 274.11s
Parameters ~100B ~35B total (~3B active)
Availability Closed Closed

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Hamster playing table tennis

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

#264 Mercury 2

none
Cost
$0.002
Time
1.8s
Tokens
1,514 tok

#257 KAT-Coder-Air V2.5

none
Cost
$0.002
Time
14.5s
Tokens
2,619 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 3.4 9.6 0.0% 0 1.03s 7,229 3,088 0
KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 3.3 9.6 0.0% 0 14.31s 6,472 16,918 0

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