Mercury 2

Inception

Verified against Artificial Analysis · Jul 13, 2026

Capability

percentile index

Price /M

$0.25 / $0.75

in / out

Context

128K

tokens

Avg score

47.8

7 benchmarks

AA Intelligence

25.3

index

Speed

1105 tok/s

TTFT 3.6s

Released

Feb 20, 2026

About

Mercury 2 is a proprietary model in the Mercury family from Inception. Benchmarked on 7 evals, averaging 47.8.

Benchmark scores · 7

avg 47.8 — higher is better

GPQA Diamondartificial-analysis · 2026-07

τ²-benchartificial-analysis · 2026-07

70.8

IFBenchartificial-analysis · 2026-07

69.8

SciCodeartificial-analysis · 2026-07

38.7

AA Long-Context Reasoningartificial-analysis · 2026-07

36.3

Terminal-Bench Hardartificial-analysis · 2026-07

26.5

Humanity's Last Examartificial-analysis · 2026-07

15.5

Details

PublisherInception

FamilyMercury

Parameters—

License—

WeightsClosed

ReleasedFeb 20, 2026

Performance & price

Output speed1105 tok/s

Latency (TTFT)3.6s

Price in / out$0.25 / $0.75 per 1M

Blended price$0.375 / 1M

Median across API providers, via Artificial Analysis. Blended = 3:1 input:output. For reasoning models, latency includes thinking time. Methodology →

History

full ledger →

Capability over time

Append-only ledger — every observed change to this model's numbers.

API providers

Artificial Analysis$0.75/M