Mercury 2 vs Qwen3.6 27B

API pricing, context window and capabilities for Mercury 2 and Qwen3.6 27B, side by side. Prices are the cheapest serving route per 1M tokens, verified against LiteLLM and OpenRouter.

Verdict

computed from the published numbers

Qwen3.6 27B wins on price, on intelligence and on context window. Benchmark data is unavailable for one or both models.

Price
Qwen3.6 27B
Coding
Not called
Intelligence
Qwen3.6 27B
Context window
Qwen3.6 27B

Key takeaways

who wins on what, from the published numbers

Mercury 2 wins

  • Supports prompt caching
  • Supports structured output

Qwen3.6 27B wins

  • Cheaper input ($0.25 vs $0.15 /1M)
  • Cheaper output ($0.75 vs $0.50 /1M)
  • Larger context window (128K vs 262K)
  • Higher max output (50K vs 262K)
  • Supports vision
Cheaper overall
Qwen3.6 27B
$0.15 + $0.50 /1M
Larger context
Qwen3.6 27B
262K
More providers
Tied

Pricing & specs

cheapest serving route · per 1M tokens
Mercury 2Qwen3.6 27B
Input $/1M$0.25 $0.15 best
Output $/1M$0.75 $0.50 best
Context window128K 262K best
Max output50K 262K best
Serving providers1 1
Released2026-02-24 2026-04-24

Benchmarks

Artificial Analysis indices, side by side
Mercury 2Qwen3.6 27B
Intelligence25.3 37.0 best
CodingNot available 53.7
GPQA Diamond77% 84% best
Output speed602 t/s best57 t/s
Latency (TTFT)2.73s best33.07s

Cost calculator

choose a serving route for each side
Input tokens / month
Output tokens / month
Mercury 2
via Inception
$2.00
Qwen3.6 27B
via Libertai
$1.25

Capabilities

feature support, side by side
FeatureMercury 2Qwen3.6 27B
Vision
Tool use
Reasoning
Audio
Prompt caching
Structured output
Web search

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Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Mercury 2 or Qwen3.6 27B?
Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper for input ($0.25 vs $0.15 per 1M tokens). Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper for output ($0.75 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens).
What is the context window difference between Mercury 2 and Qwen3.6 27B?
Mercury 2 has a 128K-token context window and Qwen3.6 27B has 262K tokens, so Qwen3.6 27B can take a larger prompt.
How do Mercury 2 and Qwen3.6 27B compare on benchmarks?
On the tracked Artificial Analysis indices, Qwen3.6 27B leads on intelligence.
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