Which is cheaper, Mercury 2 or Trinity Large Thinking?

Mercury 2, at $1.50 per million tokens against $1.55 for Trinity Large Thinking, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Mercury 2: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.50 is the number to beat. Trinity Large Thinking: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.55 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 6 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Vercel AI Gateway, TrustedRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Trinity Large Thinking, at 262k tokens against 128k.

Mercury 2 vs Trinity Large Thinking.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Mercury 2 takes 2 of 5 rounds against Trinity Large Thinking. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.50 per million tokens against $1.55.

Inceptionwins 2 rounds

Mercury 2

$1.50/M tokens

Inception list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.195 per 1,000 pages

128k context · tool calling

Arcee AI

Trinity Large Thinking

$1.55/M tokens

Arcee AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.198 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.25/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.75/M

$0.80/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$1.50/M

$1.55/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.195

$0.198

Context

128k tokens

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

24 Feb 2026

1 Apr 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 6

Kilo Gateway$1.50 / $1.55
Nous Portal$1.50 / $1.55
OpenRouter$1.50 / $1.55
NanoGPT$1.50 / $1.65
Vercel AI Gateway$1.50 / $1.65
TrustedRouter$1.58 / $1.64

Mercury 2 then Trinity Large Thinking, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Mercury 2Nous Portal$0.20 / $0.60 $0.25 / $0.7525% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Trinity Large ThinkingNous Portal$0.20 / $0.64 $0.25 / $0.8025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Mercury 2 or Trinity Large Thinking?: Mercury 2, at $1.50 per million tokens against $1.55 for Trinity Large Thinking, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Mercury 2: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.50 is the number to beat. Trinity Large Thinking: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.55 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 6 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Vercel AI Gateway, TrustedRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Trinity Large Thinking, at 262k tokens against 128k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.