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#134

Mercury 2.5

Inception Release: 2026-09-08 Tested on: 2026-09-08 22:50 inception/mercury-2.5::high
~100BOtherClosedEstimated
(high) (medium) (low) (none)

Summary

Mercury 2.5 scores 7.1 on AI BENCHY and ranks #134. It has 9.7 reliability, a 62.1% pass rate, $0.031 total cost, and 4.32s average response time.

What makes Mercury 2.5 unique: It stands out most in Puzzle Solving, where it ranks #2, while Instructions following is its weakest area at #15. Its total benchmark cost is unusually low for its score range.

Model facts

Researched on 2026-09-08

Estimated
Parameters
~100B
Architecture
Other
Availability
Closed
License
-

Best estimate from public evidence; the vendor did not disclose every value. Inception identifies Mercury 2.5 as a diffusion LLM but does not disclose its parameter count or topology. The low-confidence 100B estimate follows the existing Mercury family records; it is not a vendor-reported count.

Parameter source Availability source

Score

7.1

Consistency

8.6

Reliability

9.7

Total Cost (Current Price)

$0.031

Total Output Tokens

174,547

Total Input Tokens

120,068

Input Price

$0.040 / 1M

Output Price

$0.150 / 1M

Tests Correct

Wrong Tests: 10

Attempt pass rate: 62.1%

Flaky tests

4

Flaky tests had mixed outcomes across runs (at least one pass and one fail).

Response Time (avg)

4.32s

Response Time (max): 23.63s

Response Time (total): 95.06s

Wrong answer: 8 API error: 1 No answer: 1

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#134 Mercury 2.5

high
Cost
$0.001
Time
3.5s
Tokens
2,447 tok

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Total Output Tokens

Score vs Total Output Tokens

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Category Breakdown

Category Score Consistency Tests Correct
Anti-AI Tricks 10.0 10.0
Coding 6.4 7.8
Combined 6.4 5.8
Data parsing and extraction 10.0 10.0
Domain specific 2.9 7.2
General Intelligence 5.0 10.0
Instructions following 6.5 10.0
Puzzle Solving 8.7 7.7
Tool Calling 10.0 10.0
Trivia 3.0 10.0

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