Inception: Mercury 2
Inception: Mercury 2 is designed to handle text-based tasks with a context length of up to 128,000 tokens and supports both reasoning and tool integration. This model can process extensive inputs and generate detailed outputs, making it suitable for complex projects that require deep analysis or the use of external tools. Given its blended benchmark score of 33.4 across three independent tests, Mercury 2 performs adequately but is not among the top contenders. Its price point-$0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens-makes it more expensive than some alternatives. However, for users who need robust reasoning capabilities and tool support within a larger project context, Mercury 2 remains a viable option despite its slightly lower benchmark scores.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 33.4 across 3 benchmarks, last refreshed 2026-08-13. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 36.1 |
| AI Index Coding | software engineering tasks | 51.3 |
| AI Index Agentic | multi-step tool-using tasks | 15.6 |
- Model ID
- inception/mercury-2
- Vendor
- inception
- Released
- March 2026
- Tokenizer
- Other
- Input Modalities
- text
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 50,000 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- text only
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.25/M input and $0.75/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | under $0.01 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.16 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $2.75 |
Quick answers
- How much does Inception: Mercury 2 cost?
- $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens.
- What is Inception: Mercury 2's context window?
- 128,000 tokens, roughly 192 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Inception: Mercury 2 support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can Inception: Mercury 2 process images?
- No, it is text-only on the input side.