Mercury 2.5 vs Muse Glimmer (High)
Which is better for the money: Mercury 2.5 by Inception or Muse Glimmer (High) by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Muse Glimmer (High)
Muse Glimmer (High) vs Mercury 2.5: 42.3% more intelligence, 33.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 472.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Mercury 2.5 | Muse Glimmer (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 12.3 | 17.5 | +42.3% Muse Glimmer (High) is 42.3% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $218.11 | $145.77 | −33.2% Muse Glimmer (High) is 33.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 4.33s | 24.78s | +472.3% Muse Glimmer (High) is 472.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.25 / $0.75 | $0.30 / $1.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Mercury 2.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Muse Glimmer (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
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