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Inception: Mercury 2 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3 Coder Next leads on average score with 5.1 vs 4.6. Qwen3 Coder Next has the lower benchmark cost at $0.025 vs $0.030. Mercury 2 is faster at 829ms vs 9.12s, with pass rates of 22.7% vs 25.8%.

Recommended modelQwen3 Coder NextIt has the strongest score in this comparison (5.1) and the best overall balance of cost and response time across all 2 models.

Last updated at: 2026-07-18

Metric Mercury 2 Mercury 2 none Release: 2026-02-24 Qwen3 Coder Next Qwen3 Coder Next none Release: 2026-02-03
Score 4.6 5.1
Rank #185 #162
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.2 9.7
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 22.7% 25.8%
Flaky tests 2 1
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 0.734 0.488
Total Cost $0.030 $0.025
Input Price $0.250 / 1M $0.110 / 1M
Output Price $0.750 / 1M $0.800 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 88,704 134,218
Output Tokens 9,564 11,808
Reasoning Tokens 0 0
Response Time (avg) 829ms 9.12s
Response Time (max) 4.52s 45.14s
Response Time (total) 18.24s 145.94s

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

#162 Qwen3 Coder Next

none
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.058
Time
246.3s
Tokens
64,126 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 4.6 7.9 22.2% 1 2.22s 7,442 621 0

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