Is Mercury 2.5 or Qwen3.8 Flash cheaper?

Mercury 2.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($0.15 vs $0.47 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mercury 2.5 or Qwen3.8 Flash?

Qwen3.8 Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Mercury 2.5 vs Qwen3.8 Flash

Mercury 2.5 is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.8 Flash offers a larger context window. Choose Mercury 2.5 or Qwen3.8 Flash based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mercury 2.5	Qwen3.8 Flash
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$0.04	$0.15
Output / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.47
Context window	260K	1M
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Sep 2026	Aug 2026

Mercury 2.5 details →Qwen3.8 Flash details →

FAQ

Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.