MercuryvsMistral Large 2
Mistral Large 2 is cheaper than Mercury at $8/M vs $10/M input tokens.
| Spec | Mercury | Mistral Large 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $10/M tokens | $8/M tokens |
| Output price | $10/M tokens | $24/M tokens |
| Context window | 32K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Parameters | Not disclosed | 123B |
| Weights | — | Open |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Jun 2025 | Jul 2024 |
| HumanEval | 90.0% | 92.0% |
Our Verdict
Mistral Large 2
MercuryRunner-up
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Mistral Large 2 has the edge: bigger model tier, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Mercury
Input
$10.00
Output
$10.00
2.4× cheaper
Mistral Large 2
Input
$8.00
1.3× cheaper
Output
$24.00
Mistral Large 2 wins input (1.3× cheaper)·Mercury wins output (2.4× cheaper)
Where to run it
1 host
Mercury
No hosts listed on OpenRouter.
Mistral Large 21 host
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
50%
Mistral Large 2 uses 28.7x more emoji
Mercury
Mistral Large 2
60%Vocabulary43%
31wSentence Length21w
0.78Hedging0.39
4.1Bold14.4
2.8Lists7.4
0.03Emoji0.80
0.88Headings1.41
0.06Transitions0.01
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