Mercury 3
InceptionProprietaryReasoningReleased Oct 19, 2026Input: text
Overall score
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Not enough evidence to rank yet
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1M
1,000,000 tokens
Price per 1M tokens
$0.10 in · $0.35 out
Source: BenchLM
Blended price
$0.16
3:1 input:output tokens
Output speed
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Not measured yet
Benchmark results (7)
As reported in system cards, papers and public evaluations. Position compares this model with every other model reporting the same benchmark.
Agentic & tool use
| τ³-bench results | 30.2 | #18 of 23 |
| DeepSearchQA | 71.3 | #17 of 20 |
| BrowseComp+ | 55.18 | #1 of 1 |
Instruction following
| IFBench | 76.8 | #18 of 42 |
| MultiChallenge (provider reports) | 60.35 | #1 of 1 |
Coding
| DeepSWE | 46.3 | #46 of 50 |
Reasoning
| MRCRv2 | 75.5 | #5 of 12 |
Pricing by source
USD per 1M tokens.
| Source | Input | Output | Cached in |
|---|---|---|---|
| List price (BenchLM) | $0.10 | $0.35 | $0.010 |
| OpenRouter inception/mercury-3 | $0.10 | $0.35 | $0.010 |
Inception lists a 50% launch offer at $0.10/M input, $0.01/M cached input, and $0.35/M output. Standard rates are $0.20/M input, $0.02/M cached input, and $0.70/M output. No promotion end date is stated as of October 19, 2026.
Speed
Measured by us through OpenRouter (median of trials).
Not measured yet.
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