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Inception: Mercury 2 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5

Mercury 2 leads on average score with 4.6 vs 4.6. Mercury 2 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.030 vs $0.340. Mercury 2 is faster at 829ms vs 68.27s, with pass rates of 22.7% vs 45.5%.

Recommended modelMercury 2It has the best score here (4.6), while costing about 11.6x less than MiniMax M2.5 (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-18

Metric Mercury 2 Mercury 2 none Release: 2026-02-24 MiniMax M2.5 MiniMax M2.5 medium Release: 2026-02-12
Score 4.6 4.6
Rank #185 #186
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.2 6.2
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 22.7% 45.5%
Flaky tests 2 10
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.734 8.648
Total Cost $0.030 $0.340
Input Price $0.250 / 1M $0.150 / 1M
Output Price $0.750 / 1M $0.900 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 88,704 142,561
Output Tokens 9,564 125,442
Reasoning Tokens 0 339,935
Response Time (avg) 829ms 68.27s
Response Time (max) 4.52s 251.36s
Response Time (total) 18.24s 955.75s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#185 Mercury 2

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

#186 MiniMax M2.5

medium
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 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
MiniMax M2.5 3.4 9.1 0.0% 0 188.58s 6,076 357 106,177

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