Mercury 2
Model Information
| Slug | mercury-2 |
|---|---|
| LLM.txt | View |
| Release Date | February 24, 2026 |
| AIME 2025 | 0.911 |
| GPQA | 0.74 |
Organization
| Name | Inception |
|---|
Model Description
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 >1,000 tokens/sec on standard GPUs. Mercury 2 is 5x+ faster than leading speed-optimized LLMs like Claude 4.5 Haiku and GPT 5 Mini, at a fraction of the cost.
Mercury 2 supports tunable reasoning levels, 128K context, native tool use, and schema-aligned JSON output. Built for coding workflows where latency compounds, real-time voice/search, and agent loops. OpenAI API compatible. Read more in the [blog post](https://www.inceptionlabs.ai/blog/introducing-mercury-2).
Instead of generating tokens sequentially, Mercury 2 produces and refines multiple tokens in parallel, achieving >1,000 tokens/sec on standard GPUs. Mercury 2 is 5x+ faster than leading speed-optimized LLMs like Claude 4.5 Haiku and GPT 5 Mini, at a fraction of the cost.
Mercury 2 supports tunable reasoning levels, 128K context, native tool use, and schema-aligned JSON output. Built for coding workflows where latency compounds, real-time voice/search, and agent loops. OpenAI API compatible. Read more in the [blog post](https://www.inceptionlabs.ai/blog/introducing-mercury-2).
Available at 12 Providers
| Provider | Type | Model Name | Original Model | Input ($/1M) | Output ($/1M) | Free | Actions | |
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Routeway |
Inception Labs: Mercury 2
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mercury-2
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$0.23 | $0.69 | |||
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Kilo Code |
Code
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Inception: Mercury 2
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inception/mercury-2
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$0.25 | $0.75 | ||
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OpenRouter |
Chat
Code
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Mercury 2
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inception/mercury-2
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$0.25 | $0.75 | ||
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Inception |
Mercury 2
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mercury-2
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$0.25 | $0.75 | |||
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Venice |
Mercury 2
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mercury-2
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$0.31 | $0.94 | |||
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Nano-GPT |
Mercury 2
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mercury-2
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- | - | |||
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Yupp |
Chat
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Mercury 2 (OpenRouter)
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inception/mercury-2
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- | - | ||
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Writingmate |
Chat
Code
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Inception: Mercury 2
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inception/mercury-2
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- | - | ||
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Arena AI |
Chat
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mercury-2
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- | - | |||
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ValorGPT |
IN
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inception-mercury-2
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- | - | |||
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LLM Stats |
Chat
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Mercury 2
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mercury-2
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- | - | ||
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LangDB |
mercury-2
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mercury-2
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- | - |