Mercury 2 vs Qwen3.6 Max
Inception vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.6 Max has the higher intelligence index (88.8 vs 77)
- •Mercury 2 is cheaper ($0.25 vs $1.04 per 1M input)
- •Mercury 2 is faster
- •Qwen3.6 Max has a larger context window (262K)
| Mercury 2 | Qwen3.6 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 77 | 88.8 |
| Developer | Inception | Alibaba |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.25 / 1M | $1.04 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.75 / 1M | $6.24 / 1M |
| Speed | 790 tok/s | 36 tok/s |
| Released | March 4, 2026 | April 27, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Mercury 2
Qwen3.6 Max
GPQA Diamond
77
88.8
Humanity’s Last Exam
15.5
28.9