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  5. GPT-5 NanovsMercury
Updated Aug 2025

GPT-5 NanovsMercury

GPT-5 Nano is the newer model, released after Mercury.

GPT-5 Nano and Mercury compared across 55 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5 NanoMercury
Input price—$10/M tokens
Output price—$10/M tokens
Context window—32K tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2025Jun 2025
Our Verdict
GPT-5 Nano
GPT-5 Nano
Mercury
Mercury

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-5 Nano
Input
—
Output
—
Mercury
Input
$10.00
Output
$10.00
Where to run it

2 hosts

GPT-5 Nano2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$0.05 in·$0.40 out·400k·100% upOpenAI$0.05 in·$0.40 out·400k·97.8% up
Mercury

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
54%

Mercury uses 405.9x more bold

GPT-5 Nano
Mercury
60%Vocabulary60%
25wSentence Length31w
0.26Hedging0.78
0.0Bold4.1
4.4Lists2.8
0.00Emoji0.03
0.00Headings0.88
0.03Transitions0.06
Based on 20 + 26 text responses
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