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BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
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mercury-2

Inception
Efficiency score
89/100
+1.1%
Input price
$0.25/ 1M tokens
Output price
$0.75/ 1M tokens
Context window
128K
Throughput
137tok/s
Availability
99.8%
Cost / task
$0.001

Arena Elo 1165Human-preference rating · LMArena (shown where the model is ranked)

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Text
Produces (output)
Text

7-day heat trend

+1.1%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.25/ 1M tokens
$0.0003 / 1K
Output price
$0.75/ 1M tokens
$0.0008 / 1K
Blended price
$0.63/ 1M tokens
$0.0006 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$165.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$367.50/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$450.00/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 26% of tracked models
  • Faster than 29% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #339 of 1105

Best suited for

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

About mercury-2

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...

mercury-2 is a Text model from Inception (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens, with a 128K-token context window, ~137 tokens/sec throughput and 99.8% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 89/100 at an estimated $0.001 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does mercury-2 cost per 1M tokens?+

mercury-2 is tracked at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $0.63 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is mercury-2 best for?+

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

How fast is mercury-2?+

mercury-2 delivers about 137 tokens/sec with 99.8% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is mercury-2 cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, mercury-2 is cheaper than 26% of models on input price and ranks #339 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.