InceptionReleased 8 Sept 2026
inception/mercury-2.5Peer group: 13 models with a blended list price under $0.15 per 1M tokens (3 input : 1 output). Charts below compare Mercury 2.5 with all models; cost and speed charts focus on this peer group.
Verification score: the share of 80 questions from open datasets answered correctly. See the benchmark datasets.
Mercury 2.5 circled; dashed line joins models no cheaper model beats
Mercury 2.5 circled · accurate and quick sits top left
Mercury 2.5 circled · output tokens, reasoning included
All models tested on the current suite
Average cost of one question, split into input, reasoning and answer tokens at each model's list price. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
Peer group: blended price under $0.15
All models · lower is better
Median of 3 streamed runs of the same prompt, measured 25 Oct 2026.
Peer group (under $0.15) · higher is better
Peer group (under $0.15) · lower is better
Peer group (under $0.15) · lower is better
Mercury 2.5 circled · quick to start and fast sits top left
Questions answered correctly in each category
Head to head with its closest rivals, other Inception models and the top models overall.
Every host serving this model through OpenRouter, from OpenRouter's catalogue
| Host | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Max output | Quantization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inception | $0.04 | $0.15 | 260k | 66k | — |
Scores, speed and billed cost are our own measurements. Prices, context window and hosts come from OpenRouter's catalogue on the test date.