Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Mercury 3
aka Haiku 5.5 vs Inception Mercury 3
Posts
1
Same prompt, separate runs
1Not a controlled comparison: prompts, tools and time differ.
About this matchup
Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Mercury 3 in real side-by-side tests: 1 post from X where both got the same prompt. Judge coding ability from the actual outputs.
Haiku 5.5 vs Mercury 3: which is better for coding?
Which is better for coding, Haiku 5.5 or Mercury 3?
None of the 1 post here names one of the two as the better result, so judge the outputs above for the work you care about.
What have Haiku 5.5 and Mercury 3 been tested on?
The most-viewed of the 1 post: mercury 3 vs Haiku 5.5 on four 3D benchmarks (@trypalomino). Categories: 3D & Shaders.
How many side-by-side tests compare Haiku 5.5 and Mercury 3?
1 post from X, posted Oct 19, 2026, by @trypalomino. Every one is listed above with its video and a link to its post on X.
Summary
Claude Haiku 5.5 and Mercury 3 appear together in 1 post on X: mercury 3 vs Haiku 5.5 on four 3D benchmarks (@trypalomino). None of these posts report cost or time per model.
What each post reports
| Post | Model | Time | Cost | Tokens | Post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury 3 vs Haiku 5.5 on four 3D benchmarks@trypalomino | Mercury 3 | — | — | — | X post |
| Mercury 3 vs Haiku 5.5 on four 3D benchmarks@trypalomino | Claude Haiku 5.5 | — | — | — | X post |
Only numbers stated in each post. “—” means the post doesn’t say.
Quick facts
| Model | Vendor | Released | Input $/1M tokens | Output $/1M tokens | Context (tokens) | Official links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | |||||
| Mercury 3 | Inception | 2026-10-19 | $0.20$0.10 at the 50%-off launch price | $0.70$0.35 at the 50%-off launch price | 1,000,000 | Launch post |
From the vendors’ official pages, checked 2026-10-20. Standard API list prices; each value links its source and a blank cell could not be verified. The archive’s own numbers above are what each post states.
Models
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