Mercury 2 pricing & benchmarks
Released Mar 4, 2026 · served by 1 provider
What Mercury 2 is
Mercury 2 is an extremely fast reasoning LLM, and the first reasoning diffusion LLM (dLLM). Instead of generating tokens sequentially, Mercury 2 produces and refines multiple tokens in parallel, achieving...
- Model ID:
inception/mercury-2 - Modality: text->text
- Tool calling: supported · Structured output: supported
Providers and prices for Mercury 2
The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Quant | Uptime 24h | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inceptioncheapest | $0.250 | $0.750 | 128K | — | 100.0% | — |
Mercury 2 benchmark results
Design Arena head-to-head results, as reported through the OpenRouter model API.
| Category | Arena | Rank | Elo | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| asciiart | models | #54 | 1044 | 28.2% |
| svg | models | #71 | 1028 | 25.2% |
| 3d | models | #92 | 1040 | 23.9% |
| gamedev | models | #94 | 1032 | 21% |
| dataviz | models | #96 | 1007 | 20.9% |
| uicomponent | models | #96 | 995 | 18.5% |
| codecategories | models | #102 | 1020 | 20.6% |
| website | models | #105 | 1010 | 19.5% |
Cheaper models in the same class
Models scoring within 4 points of Mercury 2 on the Intelligence Index, but with a lower output price.
FAQ
How much does the Mercury 2 API cost?
$0.250 per 1M input tokens and $0.750 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $0.47.
Is Mercury 2 free?
No. It is a paid model starting at $0.250 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.
Which provider is cheapest for Mercury 2?
Inception at $0.250 input / $0.750 output per 1M tokens.
Can I self-host Mercury 2?
No. Mercury 2 is closed-weight and only available through hosted APIs.