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GPT-5.4 Mini vs Mercury 2
List-price comparison ·GPT-5.4 Mini details ·Mercury 2 details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Mercury 2 is the cheapest — 78% less than the priciest here ($60.00/mo vs $270.00/mo).
| GPT-5.4 Mini | Mercury 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.750 | $0.250 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $4.50 | $0.750 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0027 | $0.0006 |
| Context window | 400k tokens | 128k tokens |
| Max output | 128k tokens | 50k tokens |
| Quality score | 80/100 | 68/100 |
| Tier | Balanced | Balanced |
| Provider | OpenAI | Inception |
Projected monthly cost
| Requests / mo | GPT-5.4 Mini | Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $2.70 | $0.6 |
| 10,000 | $27.00 | $6.00 |
| 100,000 | $270.00 | $60.00 |
GPT-5.4 Mini
Good default for everyday chat, summarization, and lightweight agent steps where GPT-5.4-level reasoning isn't required.
Quality gap widens on long, multi-hop reasoning tasks — needs careful prompt design to avoid silent failures on edge cases.
Mercury 2
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