Hy3 vs Mercury 2.5
Which is better for the money: Hy3 by Tencent or Mercury 2.5 by Inception? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Hy3
Mercury 2.5 vs Hy3: 51.4% less intelligence, 45.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 87.0% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Hy3 | Mercury 2.5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.3 | 12.3 | −51.4% Mercury 2.5 is 51.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $149.61 | $218.11 | +45.8% Mercury 2.5 is 45.8% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 33.13s | 4.32s | −87.0% Mercury 2.5 is 87.0% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.14 / $0.56 | $0.25 / $0.75 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Hy3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
- Mercury 2.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
Hy3Mercury 2.5Today's Pareto frontierOpen-weights frontierEvery other model
Matchup
Compare something else
Agents:
Accept: text/markdown or ?format=md returns this page as Markdown. JSON: /api/v1/compare/hy3/mercury-2-5 · Markdown: /api/v1/compare/hy3/mercury-2-5?format=md · llms.txt · agent skill