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Mercury 2

by inception · Released Mar 2026

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Context
128K tokens (~64 books)
Input $/1M
$0.25
Output $/1M
$0.75
Type
text
License
Proprietary
Benchmarks
5 tested
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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...

Tested on 5 benchmarks with 0.0% average. Top scores: Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall (1347.0%), Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding (1182.2%), Artificial Analysis — Agentic Index (39.7%).

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speed
57.3
#30 globally
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Tested on 5 benchmarks · Ranked across 2 categories
Score Distribution (all 233 models)
0255075100
Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall

Chatbot Arena overall Elo rating. Crowdsourced human preference ranking from blind head-to-head comparisons across all topics.

1347
Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding

Chatbot Arena coding Elo. Human preference ranking specifically for coding tasks and technical questions.

1182
Artificial Analysis — Agentic Index

Artificial Analysis Agentic Index. Composite score measuring agent capability across tool use and planning tasks.

39.7
Artificial Analysis — Quality Index

Artificial Analysis Quality Index. Composite quality score combining multiple benchmark results into a single metric.

32.8
Artificial Analysis — Coding Index

Artificial Analysis Coding Index. Composite coding quality score from multiple code benchmarks.

30.6
Excellent (85+) Good (70-85) Average (50-70) Below (<50)
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Mercury 2 launched by Inception
Mar 5, 2026
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Specifications
  • Typetext
  • Context128K tokens (~64 books)
  • ReleasedMar 2026
  • LicenseProprietary
  • StatusActive
  • Cost / Message~$0.001
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Mercury 2 is a proprietary text AI model by inception, released in March 2026. Context window: 128K tokens.