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Mercury 2 vs Qwen3 Coder Next (medium)

Mercury 2 leads on average score with 4.7 vs 4.6. Mercury 2 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.030 vs $0.034. Mercury 2 is faster at 825ms vs 9.07s, with pass rates of 24.2% vs 25.8%.

Last updated at: 2026-09-02

Rank
#278
Total Output Tokens
9,584
Response Time (avg)
825ms
Total Cost
$0.030
Rank
#280
Total Output Tokens
19,069
Response Time (avg)
9.07s
Total Cost
$0.034
Recommended model Mercury 2

It has the best score here (4.7), while responding about 11.0x faster than Qwen3 Coder Next (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric Mercury 2 Mercury 2 none Release: 2026-02-24 Qwen3 Coder Next Qwen3 Coder Next medium Release: 2026-02-03
Score 4.7 4.6
Rank #278 #280
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.2 8.6
Attempts 66/66 66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 24.2% 25.8%
Flaky tests 2 4
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.740 1.058
Total Cost $0.030 $0.034
Input Price $0.250 / 1M $0.120 / 1M
Output Price $0.750 / 1M $0.800 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 89,637 148,203
Output Tokens 9,584 19,069
Reasoning Tokens 0 0
Response Time (avg) 825ms 9.07s
Response Time (max) 4.52s 81.80s
Response Time (total) 18.14s 154.19s
Parameters ~100B 80B total (3B active)
Availability Closed Open source

Model generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#278 Mercury 2

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

#280 Qwen3 Coder Next

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
Qwen3 Coder Next 3.7 7.2 22.2% 1 924ms 7,185 336 0

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