Inception
Mercury 2
A diffusion-based reasoning LLM that generates text via parallel refinement (not token-by-token), delivering real-time latency with ~1k tokens/sec plus 128K context and built-in tool/JSON support.
Inception model updatesModel Snapshot
TypeLanguage
ReleaseFeb 24, 2026
Context128,000
Tagsreasoning, tool-use
Overall
Rank #231 across 600
21.4
Coding
Rank #163 across 266
31.1
Blended Price
Rank #100 across 379
$0.375/M
Strength Profile
Percentile score by analysis domain.
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Benchmark Percentiles
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Model Details
Runtime
Output Speed854.8 tok/s
First Token3.54s
Max Output50,000
Pricing
Blended$0.375/M
Input$0.250/M
All Benchmarks
| Metric | Domain | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | overall | 21.4 | #231 |
| Artificial Analysis Coding Index | coding | 31.1 | #163 |
| GPQA | reasoning | 77.0% | #191 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | reasoning | 15.5% | #148 |
| SciCode |