What is the best Inception model?

Mercury 2.5 has the highest verification score of the Inception models we tested: 58.2% (46 of 79 correct) in our 2026-10-27 run.

What is the fastest Inception model?

Mercury 2.5 is the fastest Inception model we tested, at a median 157 output tokens per second.

What is the cheapest Inception model?

Mercury 2.5 has the lowest billed cost per question of the Inception models we tested: $0.00011.

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Inception AI models

1 model tested, compared with 77 models from other labs.

Best verification score58.2Mercury 2.5 · #43 of 78 Best output speed157Mercury 2.5 · #15 of 78 Best time to first token2.3 sMercury 2.5 · #65 of 78 Best cost per question$0.00011Mercury 2.5 · #5 of 78

Inception#43Mercury 2.558.2% verification score157 tok/s2.3 s first token$0.00011 / question

Score vs. cost per question

Inception models in color, every other model in grey

Output speed vs. cost per question

Inception models in color, every other model in grey

Verification score

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · higher is better

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Output speed

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Time to first token

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · lower is better

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Cost per question

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · lower is better

1Granite 4.0 Micro$0.000051
2gpt-oss-20b$0.000066
3Granite 4.2 8B$0.000077
4Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
5Mercury 2.5$0.00011
6Phi 4$0.00012
7gpt-oss-120b$0.00013
8GLM 5.3 Flash$0.00015
9Ministral 3 3B 2512$0.00019
10GPT-6 Luna$0.00025

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End-to-end response time

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · lower is better

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Context window

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All Inception results

Leaderboard
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1	Mercury 2.5 Inception · served by Inception	58.2	46 / 79	157	2.3 s	$0.00011	$0.04 / $0.15	260k

Inception: quick answers

What is the best Inception model?: Mercury 2.5 has the highest verification score of the Inception models we tested: 58.2% (46 of 79 correct) in our 2026-10-27 run.
What is the fastest Inception model?: Mercury 2.5 is the fastest Inception model we tested, at a median 157 output tokens per second.
What is the cheapest Inception model?: Mercury 2.5 has the lowest billed cost per question of the Inception models we tested: $0.00011.
Which Inception models do you test?: Mercury 2.5.

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Inception AI models

1 model tested, compared with 77 models from other labs.

Inception#43Mercury 2.558.2% verification score157 tok/s2.3 s first token$0.00011 / question

Score vs. cost per question

Inception models in color, every other model in grey

Output speed vs. cost per question

Inception models in color, every other model in grey

Verification score

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · higher is better

61 more models · see the full leaderboard

Output speed

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · higher is better

61 more models · see the full leaderboard

Time to first token

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · lower is better

63 more models · see the full leaderboard

Cost per question

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · lower is better

1Granite 4.0 Micro$0.000051
2gpt-oss-20b$0.000066
3Granite 4.2 8B$0.000077
4Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
5Mercury 2.5$0.00011
6Phi 4$0.00012
7gpt-oss-120b$0.00013
8GLM 5.3 Flash$0.00015
9Ministral 3 3B 2512$0.00019
10GPT-6 Luna$0.00025

62 more models · see the full leaderboard

End-to-end response time

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · lower is better

63 more models · see the full leaderboard

Context window

Inception models highlighted against every model in this run · higher is better

67 more models · see the full leaderboard

All Inception results

Leaderboard
#
1	Mercury 2.5 Inception · served by Inception	58.2	46 / 79	157	2.3 s	$0.00011	$0.04 / $0.15	260k

Inception: quick answers

What is the best Inception model?: Mercury 2.5 has the highest verification score of the Inception models we tested: 58.2% (46 of 79 correct) in our 2026-10-27 run.
What is the fastest Inception model?: Mercury 2.5 is the fastest Inception model we tested, at a median 157 output tokens per second.
What is the cheapest Inception model?: Mercury 2.5 has the lowest billed cost per question of the Inception models we tested: $0.00011.
Which Inception models do you test?: Mercury 2.5.