Context
128K
Max output
50K
Serving providers
3
Cheapest input
$0.25 /1M
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.
Benchmarks
independent evaluations · source: Artificial AnalysisSpeed & latency
Output speed
554 t/s
tokens / second
Time to first token
6.83s
latency
Headline indices
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
| Benchmark | Best score | Effort | Cost / task | |||||||||||||||||
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| Automation Bench | 0.0 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| CritPt | 1% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| GDPval v2Frozen Aug 18, 2026 | 697.7 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
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| GPQA Diamond | 77% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Humanity's Last Exam | 17% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| IFBench | 70% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Long-Context Reasoning | 44% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Omniscience | -50.7 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Omniscience Accuracy | 0.2 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Omniscience Non Hallucination | 0.1 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| SciCode | 38% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Terminal Bench40 | 0 | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
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| TerminalBench Hard | 27% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| TerminalBench v2.1 | 27% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
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| τ-bench Banking | 9% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
| τ²-bench | 71% | default | — | |||||||||||||||||
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Sep 9, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Aug 18, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.
Pricing by serving provider
standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand| Serving provider | Input /1M | Output /1M | Endpoints | |||||||||||||
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| InceptionCheapest | $0.25 | $0.75 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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| OpenRouter | $0.25 | $0.75 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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| VercelVercel reseller quote | $0.25 | $0.75 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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Price history
listed seller prices, input and output per 1M tokens Input Output
Cost calculator
estimate your monthly spend on this model$110
estimated / month
Model IDs
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Frequently asked questions
Mercury 2 pricing, context and availabilityHow much does Mercury 2 cost?
Mercury 2 costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens from Inception, and $0.75 per 1M output tokens from Inception.
What is the context window of Mercury 2?
Mercury 2 accepts up to 128K tokens of context and can return up to 50K output tokens.
Which providers serve Mercury 2?
Mercury 2 is available from 3 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. Inception is currently the cheapest.
What can Mercury 2 do?
Mercury 2 supports tool use, prompt caching and structured output.
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