MODEL COMPARE

Dots3-Note Preview (free) vs Mercury 2: Pricing, Capabilities and Benchmarks

Compare Dots3-Note Preview (free) and Mercury 2 across context window, API pricing, modalities, tool use and recommended use cases.

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Model AModel B

DECISION SUMMARY

Decision summary

Recommendations are conditional. Unknown values never count as a loss, and missing comparable benchmarks produce no winner.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_coding_benchmark_missing

No same-source coding benchmark is attached to both model versions.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_agent_benchmark_missing

Capabilities are listed, but a comparable agent benchmark is missing.

Dots3-Note Preview (free)

Evidence

context_window_larger

Dots3-Note Preview (free)=512000; Mercury 2=128000

Dots3-Note Preview (free)

Evidence

same_provider_monthly_cost_lower

Dots3-Note Preview (free)=0; Mercury 2=0.4; input=1000000; cached_input=0; output=200000; provider=OpenRouter

Insufficient data

Evidence

open_weights_support

Dots3-Note Preview (free)=supported; Mercury 2=unknown

MODEL ATTRIBUTES

Source scope: Provider endpoint

Show differences only

Attribute	Dots3-Note Preview (free)	Mercury 2	Winner
Context window`context_window_larger`Provider endpoint	512K	128K	Dots3-Note Preview (free)
Maximum output`max_output_larger`Provider endpoint	512K	50K	Dots3-Note Preview (free)
Input modalities`input_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text, Image	Text	Insufficient data
Output modalities`output_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text	Text	Insufficient data
Tool calling`tool_calling_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Structured output`structured_output_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Reasoning`reasoning_support`Model	Supported	Supported	Insufficient data
Open weights`open_weights_support`Model	Supported	Unknown	Insufficient data
Input price per 1M tokens`input_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$0.00	$0.25	Dots3-Note Preview (free)
Output price per 1M tokens`output_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$0.00	$0.75	Dots3-Note Preview (free)

USAGE ESTIMATOR

Estimate token charges for the selected provider endpoints. Image, audio, request and web-search charges are not included.

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Monthly input tokensMonthly output tokensCached input tokens

Dots3-Note Preview (free)$0.00Estimated monthly cost

Mercury 2$0.40Estimated monthly cost