Inception: Mercury 2 wins on more metrics (5 of 9), but the right pick depends on what you optimize for — see the breakdown below.
| Metric | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Inception: Mercury 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 32.1 | 32.8✓ |
| Coding Index | 34.6✓ | 30.6 |
| GPQA Diamond | 75% | 77%✓ |
| Design Arena Elo | 1229✓ | — |
| Speed (tokens/sec) | 20 | 476✓ |
| Latency | 1.3s | 253ms✓ |
| Input price /M | $0.270 | $0.250✓ |
| Output price /M | $0.410✓ | $0.750 |
| Context window | 164K✓ | 128K |
| Capabilities | ReasoningToolsJSON | ReasoningToolsJSON |