Mercury 2
InceptionProprietaryReasoningProvisionalReleased Feb 24, 2026Input: text
Overall score
33.7
Rank 167 of 222 · 24.0–43.5
Context window
128K
128,000 tokens
Price per 1M tokens
$0.25 in · $0.75 out
Source: BenchLM
Blended price
$0.38
3:1 input:output tokens
Output speed
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Not measured yet
Benchmark results (0)
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No benchmark results with redistributable sources yet.
Pricing by source
USD per 1M tokens.
| Source | Input | Output | Cached in |
|---|---|---|---|
| List price (BenchLM) | $0.25 | $0.75 | $0.025 |
| OpenRouter inception/mercury-2 | $0.25 | $0.75 | $0.025 |
Inception's official model page lists Mercury 2 at $0.25/M input, $0.025/M cached input, and $0.75/M output tokens.
Arena ratings
Human-preference ratings from LMArena. Best-rated variant shown.
| Text | 1355 | #202 · 3.2K votes |
| WebDev (coding) | 1171 | #145 · 954 votes |
Speed
Measured by us through OpenRouter (median of trials).
Not measured yet.
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