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  5. Mercury 2.5vsNemotron 3.5 Content Safety
Updated Sep 2026

Mercury 2.5vsNemotron 3.5 Content Safety

Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety is cheaper than Mercury 2.5 at $0/M vs $0.04/M input tokens.

Mercury 2.5 and Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety compared across 20 shared prompts
SpecMercury 2.5Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety
Input price$0.04/M tokensFree
Output price$0.15/M tokensFree
Context window260K tokens128K tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoYes (1 provider)
ReleasedSep 2026Jun 2026
Our Verdict
Mercury 2.5
Mercury 2.5
Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety
Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Mercury 2.5 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Mercury 2.5
Input
$0.04
Output
$0.15
Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Where to run it

2 hosts

Mercury 2.51 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Inception$0.04 in·$0.15 out·260k·100% up
Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
NVIDIAdegraded$0 in·$0 out·128k·95.1% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

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Mercury 2.5 is developed by Inception while Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety is developed by NVIDIA. Mercury 2.5 has a 260K token context window vs Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety'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. Mercury 2.5 and Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety 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.

Mercury 2.5 costs $0.04/M input tokens and Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety costs $0/M input tokens. Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety is $0.04/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Mercury 2.5 and Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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