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Inception: Mercury

Inception·Released 2025-06-26
128K ctx

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Mercury is the first diffusion large language model (dLLM). Applying a breakthrough discrete diffusion approach, the model runs 5-10x faster than even speed optimized models like GPT-4.1 Nano and Claude...

Pricing

Input

$0.25

per 1M tokens

Output

$0.75

per 1M tokens

Blended

$0.38

per 1M tokens

Cheaper than 57% of models. Median price is $0.54/1M tokens.

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Daily

$0.38

Monthly

$11.25

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Performance

Context Window

128K

tokens

Larger than 16% of models

Max Output

32K

tokens

25% of context

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