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  5. GPT-6 Sol ProvsMercury 2
Updated Sep 2026

GPT-6 Sol ProvsMercury 2

Mercury 2 is cheaper than GPT-6 Sol Pro at $0.25/M vs $2/M input tokens.

GPT-6 Sol Pro and Mercury 2 compared across 20 shared prompts
SpecGPT-6 Sol ProMercury 2
Input price$2/M tokens$0.25/M tokens
Output price$10/M tokens$0.75/M tokens
Context window1.1M tokens128K tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Mar 2026
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Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 20 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

GPT-6 Sol Pro1,411 words
A 12-week longevity and performance plan Aim: improve the health markers most strongly linked to long-term outcomes—cardiorespiratory fitness, strength, blood pressure, metabolic health, sleep, and sustainable habits—while testing whether more experimental “biohacks” add anything useful.
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Mercury 22,100 words
3‑Month “Longevity‑Optimization” Blueprint for the Advanced Bio‑Hacker (All recommendations are research‑backed, but not a substitute for professional medical advice. Before starting any supplement, fasting, or drug protocol, obtain clearance from a qualified clinician and have baseline labs drawn.)
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

GPT-6 Sol Pro114 words
Golden Pantry Chickpea Patties Prep: 10 minutes · Cook: 8 minutes · Makes: 6 small patties Ingredients — just 7 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 2 tbsp water 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp paprika ½ tsp salt Instructions Mash the chickpeas with a fork, leaving a few chunky bits.
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Mercury 2291 words
Golden‑Crunch Oatmeal Squares A sweet, chewy snack that comes together with just seven pantry staples. Ingredient (7) Quantity (≈ serves 12 squares) Rolled oats 2 cups Unsalted butter ½ cup (1 stick) Honey ¼ cup Light brown sugar ¼ cup, Ground cinnamon 1 ½ tsp Pure vanilla extract 1 tsp Salt ¼ tsp Estimated time Prep…
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

GPT-6 Sol Pro1,450 words
I would treat this as a credible, urgent safety signal, not as a finding that can wait six months for a completed regulatory submission. The estimate—liver failure in roughly 1 in 8,000 patients over five years—needs validation, but the outcome is severe and the current warning omits it.
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Mercury 21,934 words
Goal: Protect patients, meet legal/ethical obligations, preserve the company’s long‑term credibility, and manage the immediate financial and reputational fallout. Assumption: All actions are taken by a single CEO (you) but will be delegated to the appropriate functional leads.
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Advanced Investment Memo (IC Memo)

You are writing an internal investment committee memo for a long/short equity fund. Company (fictional): LedgerLift (ticker: LLLT) – B2B…

GPT-6 Sol Pro974 words
LedgerLift (LLLT) — Investment Committee Memo Recommendation: Short 12-month price target: $30–$44 Thesis. LedgerLift has attractive subscription economics, but at $46 the stock prices in substantially more durable cash flow than the supplied operating assumptions produce: base-case DCF value is about $28 per share…
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Mercury 21,211 words
Internal Investment Committee Memo – LedgerLift (LLLT) Date: 5 Mar 2026 Recommendation Rating: Long 12‑month price target range: $35 – $55 (mid‑point ≈ $45) Thesis (2 sentences): LedgerLift is benefitting from secular demand for B2B spend‑management SaaS and shows a high‑quality subscription base (NRR 123 % and gross…
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Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

GPT-6 Sol Pro970 words
This is a strongly one-sided draft. Do not sign it as written. The enforceability of particular terms—especially the non-compete, payment provisions, and arbitration clause—depends on the governing jurisdiction, which the agreement does not identify.
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Mercury 22,132 words
Below is a clause‑by‑clause risk‑assessment of the sample “Software Consulting Agreement” together with practical revision language that a contractor (or the contractor’s counsel) could propose. The analysis is framed as general information about typical U.S.
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Mini LBO Underwrite

You are underwriting a 5-year LBO for a private equity investment committee. Company (fictional): HarborTech Services (HTS) –…

GPT-6 Sol Pro331 words
HarborTech Services — simplified LBO ($m) Entry: Enterprise value = 12.0 × $120 = $1,440. Fees are $28.8; opening debt is a $480 term loan plus $180 mezzanine loan. Initial equity = $1,440 + $28.8 − $660 = $808.8. Interest is calculated on beginning-of-year balances.
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Mercury 2736 words
HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5‑yr LBO (FY2026‑FY2030) All figures are $ m (rounded to two decimals). FY Revenue EBITDA Term‑Loan Int. (9%) Mezz Int. (12%) Total Int. Cash Tax (25% of EBITDA‑Int.) Capex (3% Rev) ΔNWC (0.5% ΔRev) Required Amort. (4.8) Free Cash Flow (EBITDA‑Int‑Tax‑Capex‑ΔNWC‑Amort.)
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Our Verdict
GPT-6 Sol Pro
GPT-6 Sol Pro
Mercury 2
Mercury 2Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-6 Sol Pro has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.

Mercury 2 costs 13x less per token.

Slight edge

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Sol Pro
Input
$2.00
Output
$10.00
Mercury 2
Input
$0.25
8.0× cheaper
Output
$0.75
13× cheaper

Mercury 2 is cheaper on both: 8.0× input, 13× output.

Where to run it

3 hosts

GPT-6 Sol Pro2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Azure AI Foundry$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·99.9% upOpenAI$2.00 in·$10.00 out·1.1M·100% up
Mercury 21 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Inception$0.25 in·$0.75 out·128k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

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GPT-6 Sol Pro is developed by OpenAI while Mercury 2 is developed by Inception. GPT-6 Sol Pro has a 1.1M token context window vs Mercury 2's 128K. You can compare their actual outputs across 20 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GPT-6 Sol Pro and Mercury 2 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 20 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GPT-6 Sol Pro costs $2/M input tokens and Mercury 2 costs $0.25/M input tokens. Mercury 2 is $1.75/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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