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Mercury 2.5 Preview

Mercury 2.5 is the fastest reasoning LLM, and the latest diffusion LLM (dLLM) from Inception. Instead of generating tokens sequentially, Mercury 2.5 produces and refines multiple tokens in parallel, achieving...

Context
260K
Input / 1M
$0.04
Output / 1M
$0.15
Released
Aug 31, 2026
Specifications

Mercury 2.5 Preview specs

Provider
inception
Type
API model
Model ID
inception/mercury-2.5-preview
Context window
260,000 tokens260K
Input price
$0.04per 1M input tokens
Output price
$0.15per 1M output tokens
Accepts
text
Produces
text
Released
Aug 31, 2026
Source
OpenRouter
Overview

About Mercury 2.5 Preview

Mercury 2.5 Preview is an API model from inception, released on Aug 31, 2026, with a context window of 260,000 tokens, pricing of $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens. It accepts text input and produces text output.

At listed prices, a request with 10,000 input tokens and 1,000 output tokens costs about $0.00055.

Specs are sourced from OpenRouter and were last checked on Sep 6, 2026. Always confirm current pricing and limits with the provider before production use.

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FAQ

Mercury 2.5 Preview questions

What is the context window of Mercury 2.5 Preview?

Mercury 2.5 Preview supports a context window of 260,000 tokens.

How much does Mercury 2.5 Preview cost?

Mercury 2.5 Preview is listed at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens on OpenRouter.

When was Mercury 2.5 Preview released?

Mercury 2.5 Preview was published on Aug 31, 2026.

What inputs does Mercury 2.5 Preview accept?

Mercury 2.5 Preview accepts text input and produces text output.