mercury-2-tool-use vs phi-4-mini-instruct
Input price
$0.25
$0.08
Output price
$0.75
$0.35
Context window
128K
128K
Throughput
144 tok/s
119 tok/s
Availability
98.0%
100.0%
Cost / task
$0.001
$0.000
Efficiency score
89
89
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
MERCURY-2-TOOL
PHI-4-MINI-INS
Chat assistant
$165.00
$66.00
RAG / long context
$367.50
$127.50
Agent / tool use
$450.00
$183.60
Efficiency score: phi-4-mini-instruct
Across price, speed and reliability, phi-4-mini-instruct 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 mercury-2-tool-use or phi-4-mini-instruct cheaper?+
phi-4-mini-instruct has the lower input price — $0.08 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, mercury-2-tool-use or phi-4-mini-instruct?+
Across price, speed and reliability, phi-4-mini-instruct offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.