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 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Inception: Mercury 2 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding across images and video. The Thinking model is optimized for multimodal reasoning in STEM and math. The series emphasizes robust…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Inception: Mercury 2 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 131K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.25 | $0.26 | 🏆 Inception: Mercury 2 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.75 | $2.60 | 🏆 Inception: Mercury 2 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inception: Mercury 2 better than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
Inception: Mercury 2 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
What's the price difference between Inception: Mercury 2 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
Input: $0.25 vs $0.26 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.75 vs $2.60 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Inception: Mercury 2 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking support?
Inception: Mercury 2 supports up to 128K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Inception: Mercury 2 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking support tool calling?
Inception: Mercury 2: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: yes.