inception models

4 models3 current1 older
#135of 334Mercury 2?Chat · Humanity's Last Exam
Sep 8, 2026Mercury 2.5newest release
$0.02 / —Mercury Decide?cheapest · per 1M in / out
5categories ranked?Chat · Coding · Agents …

Current lineup?

Chat & Knowledge

Humanity's Last Exam · 334 ranked
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#165 of 334Mercury 2.511.8$0.20 / $0.75

Coding

Terminal-Bench 4.0 · 132 ranked
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#75 of 132Mercury 2.50$0.20 / $0.75

Agents & Tool Use

AutomationBench-AA · 133 ranked
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#95 of 133Mercury 2.52.4$0.20 / $0.75

Writing & Language

Arena Text · creative writing · 195 ranked
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#134 of 195Mercury 2older1,293$0.25 / $0.75

Decision models

AA Decision Index v1.0 · 15 ranked
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#8 of 15Mercury Decide52.7$0.02 / —

inception API pricing?

4 models
ModelInputOutputCache readContextReleased ↓Status
Mercury 2.5
$0.20$0.75$0.02260KSep 2026
Mercury 2
Older
$0.25$0.75$0.025128KFeb 2026Older
Mercury 3
!$0.10$0.35$0.011M—
Mercury Decide
!$0.02——66K—

Model lines?

Mercury
121416 Mar ’26Apr ’26May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Aug ’26Sep ’26 Release date Humanity's Last Exam
121416 Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26 Release date Humanity's Last Exam

Retired & older

ModelStatusReplace withStill onReleased
Superseded
SupersededOpenRouterFeb 2026