Mercury Edit 2 vs Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B comes out ahead, 35 to 0 on our weighted score.
InceptionMercury Edit 2
0/100- ECI—
- Price$0.25 / $0.75
- Context32K
- Our pick
NVIDIANemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B
35/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context256K
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Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is our pick
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is the better all-round choice, scoring 35/100 against Mercury Edit 2 (0). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceMercury Edit 2Mercury Edit 2 $0.375 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B unpriced
- Longest contextNemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BNemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B 256,000 · Mercury Edit 2 32,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsMercury Edit 2: Text · Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B: Text
- Self-hostingNemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Mercury Edit 2 | Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 0 | 35 |
| Context window | 40% | 0 | 36 |
| Overall | 100% | 0/100 | 35/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Mercury Edit 2Inception | Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3BNVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.25 | — |
| Output | $0.75 | — |
| Cached input | $0.025 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.375 | — |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | — |
| Price source | Official Inception API | — |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 32,000 tokens | 256,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 8,192 tokens | 32,768 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | No |
| PDFs | No | No |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes |
| Tool calling | No | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | mercury-edit-2 | — |
| API providers | 1 | — |
| Released | Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
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- Mercury Edit 2$4.00
- Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B—
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Mercury Edit 2 or Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B is the better all-round choice, scoring 35/100 against Mercury Edit 2 (0). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Mercury Edit 2 or Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B?
Mercury Edit 2 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.75 output per million tokens (official Inception API price). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.375 per million tokens for Mercury Edit 2 versus . Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Mercury Edit 2 has not been scored yet and Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mercury Edit 2 and Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Mercury Edit 2 does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B has the largest context window at 256,000 tokens, against 32,000 for Mercury Edit 2. Maximum output per response: Mercury Edit 2 up to 8,192, Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Mercury Edit 2 accepts text; Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Mercury Edit 2 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Mercury Edit 2 is the newest, released Mar 30, 2026. Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B came out Mar 24, 2026.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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