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 >1,000 tokens/sec on standard GPUs.…
Model details →Inception: Mercury 2 vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B
Inception: Mercury 2 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-235B-A22B is a 235B parameter mixture-of-experts (MoE) model developed by Qwen, activating 22B parameters per forward pass. It supports seamless switching between a "thinking" mode for complex reasoning, math, and code tasks, and a "n…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Inception: Mercury 2 | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 131K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.25 | $0.46 | 🏆 Inception: Mercury 2 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.75 | $1.82 | 🏆 Inception: Mercury 2 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inception: Mercury 2 better than Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B?
Inception: Mercury 2 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Inception: Mercury 2 and Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B?
Input: $0.25 vs $0.46 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.75 vs $1.82 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Inception: Mercury 2 and Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B support?
Inception: Mercury 2 supports up to 128K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Inception: Mercury 2 and Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B support tool calling?
Inception: Mercury 2: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B: yes.