Inception: Mercury 2
Inception: Mercury 2 ranks #74 of 94 models by Artificial Analysis quality score (11.5) at $0.38/1M tokens blended - and ranks #157 of 353 by average real OpenRouter usage share over the trailing 80-day window (0.00%).
- Quality (Intelligence Index) - 11.5
- Coding index - 31.1
- Agentic index - 4
- Price (blended $/1M) - 0.38
- Context window - 128,000
- Usage rank - #157 of 353
- Providers - 0
- 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 #74 of 94 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 #157 of 353 models by average real OpenRouter usage share, averaging 0.00% of classified token volume over the trailing 80-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 September 23, 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.