GPT-4.1 Nano vs Inception: Mercury
Compare GPT-4.1 Nano by OpenAI against Inception: Mercury by Inception, in 2 community votes, gpt-4.1 nano wins 100% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 32K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-4.1 NanoWinner
Inception: MercuryRunner-up
Pick GPT-4.1 Nano. In 2 blind votes, GPT-4.1 Nano wins 100% of the time. That's not luck.
GPT-4.1 Nano is 25x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4.1 Nano
Input
$0.10
100× cheaper
Output
$0.40
25× cheaper
Inception: Mercury
Input
$10.00
Output
$10.00
GPT-4.1 Nano is cheaper on both — 100× input, 25× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
65%
Inception: Mercury uses 4.3x more emoji
GPT-4.1 Nano
Inception: Mercury
57%Vocabulary55%
25wSentence Length40w
0.72Hedging0.39
5.6Bold4.9
4.9Lists3.8
0.00Emoji0.04
0.71Headings1.04
0.22Transitions0.03
Based on 24 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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