Inception: Mercury 2 and Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B are evenly matched; the right pick depends on your priorities.
| Metric | Inception: Mercury 2 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 32.8✓ | 32.4 |
| Coding Index | 30.6✓ | 25.3 |
| GPQA Diamond | 77% | 81%✓ |
| Design Arena Elo | — | — |
| Speed (tokens/sec) | 476✓ | 68 |
| Latency | 253ms✓ | 362ms |
| Input price /M | $0.250 | $0.100✓ |
| Output price /M | $0.750 | $0.150✓ |
| Context window | 128K | 262K✓ |
| Capabilities | ReasoningToolsJSON | ReasoningToolsJSONVision |