Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)vsMercury
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) is cheaper than Mercury at $3/M vs $10/M input tokens.
| Spec | Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $3/M tokens | $10/M tokens |
| Output price | $15/M tokens | $10/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 32K tokens |
| Released | Jun 2024 | Jun 2025 |
| HumanEval | 92.0% | 90.0% |
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
MercuryRunner-up
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) has the edge: bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Input
$3.00
3.3× cheaper
Output
$15.00
Mercury
Input
$10.00
Output
$10.00
1.5× cheaper
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) wins input (3.3× cheaper)·Mercury wins output (1.5× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
59%
Mercury uses 2.8x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Mercury
67%Vocabulary60%
64wSentence Length31w
0.70Hedging0.78
0.3Bold4.1
8.1Lists2.8
0.00Emoji0.03
0.05Headings0.88
0.07Transitions0.06
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