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Inception: Mercury 2

Inception: Mercury 2 ranks #70 of 96 models by Artificial Analysis quality score (11.5) at $0.38/1M tokens blended - and ranks #179 of 404 by average real OpenRouter usage share over the trailing 125-day window (0.00%).

  1. Quality (Intelligence Index) - 11.5
  2. Coding index - 31.1
  3. Agentic index - 4
  4. Price (blended $/1M) - 0.38
  5. Context window - 128,000
  6. Usage rank - #179 of 404
  7. Providers - 0
  8. Open/closed - closed

Frequently asked questions

What is Inception: Mercury 2's quality score?

Inception: Mercury 2 scores 11.5 on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index, ranking #70 of 96 models with a published score.

How much does Inception: Mercury 2 cost?

Inception: Mercury 2 costs $0.38 per 1M tokens (blended 75% prompt / 25% completion pricing).

Is Inception: Mercury 2 widely used?

Inception: Mercury 2 ranks #179 of 404 models by average real OpenRouter usage share, averaging 0.00% of classified token volume over the trailing 125-day window.

Is Inception: Mercury 2 open-weight or closed?

Inception: Mercury 2 is a closed-weight model.

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of November 7, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.