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Mercury 2

by inception · Released Mar 2026

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Context
128K tokens (~64 books)
Input $/1M
$0.25
Output $/1M
$0.75
Type
text
License
Proprietary
Benchmarks
5 tested
Data as of
About

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...

Tested on 5 benchmarks. Top scores: Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall (1343.3%), Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding (1170.0%), Artificial Analysis — Agentic Index (39.7%).

Capabilities
speed
31.9
#80 globally
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Tested on 5 benchmarks · Ranked across 2 categories
Score Distribution (all 312 models)
0255075100
Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall

Chatbot Arena overall Elo rating. Crowdsourced human preference ranking from blind head-to-head comparisons across all topics.

1343·
Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding

Chatbot Arena coding Elo. Human preference ranking specifically for coding tasks and technical questions.

1170·
Artificial Analysis — Agentic Index

Artificial Analysis Agentic Index. Composite score measuring agent capability across tool use and planning tasks.

39.7·
Artificial Analysis — Coding Index

Artificial Analysis Coding Index. Composite coding quality score from multiple code benchmarks.

30.6·
Artificial Analysis — Quality Index

Artificial Analysis Quality Index. Composite quality score combining multiple benchmark results into a single metric.

25.3·
Excellent (85+) Good (70-85) Average (50-70) Below (<50)
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Specifications
  • Typetext
  • Context128K tokens (~64 books)
  • ReleasedMar 2026
  • LicenseProprietary
  • StatusActive
  • Cost / Message~$0.001
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Mercury 2 is a proprietary text AI model by inception, released in March 2026. Context window: 128K tokens.

Key facts · as of 2026-10-05

  • Mercury 2 by inception. Not enough public benchmark scores to rank yet.
  • List price $0.25 input · $0.75 output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-10-05).
  • Sold by 1 provider (as of 2026-10-05): Inception $0.25 in / $0.75 out.

How to cite · data as of 2026-10-05

Mercury 2 · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-10-05. https://benchgecko.ai/model/mercury-2

Credit "Source: BenchGecko" with a link. Prices per provider and Gecko Tests are BenchGecko data (CC BY 4.0); benchmark scores keep their original source, listed in the JSON. JSON · llms.txt · MCP