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Mercury 2

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Mercury 2

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Inception Labs' fastest reasoning model with tool calling and structured outputs support.

Context Window

128.0K

Max Output

50.0K

Input Price (Auto)

$0.25/1M

Output Price (Auto)

$0.75/1M

Cache Read (Auto)

$0.025/1M

Capabilities

Benchmarks

Performance metrics and benchmarks

Sourced from Artificial Analysis.

Intelligence Index

13.8

Better than 53% of models compared

Coding Index

31.1

Better than 39% of models compared

Agentic work

AutomationBench-AA

Workflow automation with guardrail penalties

1.7%

Better than 19% of models compared

AA-Briefcase

Agentic knowledge work (Elo)

264 Elo

Better than 15% of models compared

GDPval-AA v2

Economically valuable tasks (Elo)

481 Elo

Better than 26% of models compared

Document reasoning

AA-LCR v1.1

Long context reasoning with updated grading

43.7%

Better than 39% of models compared

Reasoning

HLE

Humanity's Last Exam

17.1%

Better than 64% of models compared

IFBench

Instruction-following benchmark

69.8%

Better than 84% of models compared

Coding

Terminal-Bench v4.0

Practical coding and terminal tasks

0.0%

Better than 16% of models compared

SciCode

Python programming for scientific computing

37.7%

Better than 18% of models compared

Legacy benchmarks

GPQA Diamond (legacy)

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

77.0%

Better than 61% of models compared

Terminal-Bench Hard (legacy)

Agentic coding and terminal use

26.5%

Better than 68% of models compared

T²-Bench Telecom (legacy)

Conversational AI agents in dual-control scenarios

70.8%

Better than 63% of models compared

AA-LCR (unversioned / legacy)

Long context reasoning evaluation

43.7%

Better than 39% of models compared

Last updated Oct 1, 2026

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