GPT-4.1 vs Inception: Mercury
Compare GPT-4.1 by OpenAI against Inception: Mercury by Inception, in 3 community votes, gpt-4.1 wins 100% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 32K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Image Generation: GPT-4.1 wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
GPT-4.1Winner
Inception: MercuryRunner-up
Pick GPT-4.1. In 3 blind votes, GPT-4.1 wins 100% of the time. That's not luck.
GPT-4.1 particularly excels in Image Generation.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4.1
Input
$2.00
5.0× cheaper
Output
$8.00
1.3× cheaper
Inception: Mercury
Input
$10.00
Output
$10.00
GPT-4.1 is cheaper on both — 5.0× input, 1.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
61%
GPT-4.1 uses 5.6x more emoji
GPT-4.1
Inception: Mercury
58%Vocabulary55%
19wSentence Length40w
0.38Hedging0.39
9.0Bold4.9
6.1Lists3.8
0.24Emoji0.04
1.01Headings1.04
0.07Transitions0.03
Based on 25 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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