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GROUNDED IN REAL HUMAN CONVERSATIONSYOUR BENCH
HEAD TO HEAD
DeepSeek Reasoner vs Hy MT2 1.8B vs Mercury 2.5
Community vibe score against API price per 1M tokens. Up and left wins: loved and cheap.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
DeepSeek Reasoner
LOVE
People feel it is worth the money
COMPLAINT
Outages, errors, or limits get in the way
Mercury 2.5
LOVE
Popular for coding help
COMPLAINT
Coding help disappoints some people
VALUE FOR MONEY
NOT ON THE CHART (NO PUBLIC API PRICE):DeepSeek ReasonerSTILL IN THE TABLE BELOW. THE CHART ONLY PLOTS MODELS WITH A KNOWN PRICE PER 1M TOKENS.
| Metric | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VIBE SCORE | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.4 |
| VOICES | 4,123 | 828 | 6,994 |
| RANK | #37 of 350 assistants | #33 of 350 assistants | #7 of 350 assistants |
| OVERALL | #49 of 542 ranked | #45 of 542 ranked | #8 of 542 ranked |
| CATEGORY | Text | Text | Text |
| OPEN/CLOSED | OPEN WEIGHTS | OPEN WEIGHTS | CLOSED |
| PRICE IN (per 1M) | N/A | $0.044 / 1M | $0.04 / 1M |
| PRICE OUT (per 1M) | N/A | $0.177 / 1M | $0.15 / 1M |
| THE CROWD LOVES | People feel it is worth the money | Not enough talk yet | Popular for coding help |
| THE CROWD GRUMBLES | Outages, errors, or limits get in the way | Nobody is complaining yet | Coding help disappoints some people |
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