granite-4.0-h-micro vs mercury-2-structured-outputs
Input price
$0.02
$0.25
Output price
$0.11
$0.75
Context window
131K
128K
Throughput
155 tok/s
152 tok/s
Availability
100.0%
96.2%
Cost / task
$0.000
$0.001
Efficiency score
89
89
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
GRANITE-4.0-H-
MERCURY-2-STRU
Chat assistant
$19.20
$165.00
RAG / long context
$33.90
$367.50
Agent / tool use
$54.00
$450.00
Efficiency score: granite-4.0-h-micro
Across price, speed and reliability, granite-4.0-h-micro offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is granite-4.0-h-micro or mercury-2-structured-outputs cheaper?+
granite-4.0-h-micro has the lower input price — $0.02 vs $0.25 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, granite-4.0-h-micro or mercury-2-structured-outputs?+
Across price, speed and reliability, granite-4.0-h-micro offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.