Model comparison

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 vs Mercury 2

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Mercury 2 Inception

38.8

Rank #167 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 scores higher in 7 categories and Mercury 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 leads 41.0 to 33.2.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 and Mercury 2 specifications
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Mercury 2
ProviderAmazonInception
Noometry Index41.538.8
Released—2026-02-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—128K
Max output—50K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$0.75
Results tracked1717

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Category by category

Coding Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 41.0 (#123), Mercury 2: 33.2 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Mercury 2
LMArena Coding14131391
LMArena WebDev—1170
SciCode—38.7%
WeirdML—43.2%
ALE-Bench—785.58

Reasoning Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 27.3 (#110), Mercury 2: 23.0 (#170)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Mercury 2
LMArena Hard Prompts13961362
CritPt—0.8%

Math Not comparable

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 36.2 (#121), Mercury 2: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Mercury 2
LMArena Math1425—

Knowledge Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 37.8 (#142), Mercury 2: 35.6 (#170)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Mercury 2
LMArena Expert13851358
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.3%

Multilingual Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 49.7 (#127), Mercury 2: 46.8 (#153)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Mercury 2
LMArena Non-English13721331
LMArena Chinese14051416
LMArena Russian13711303
LMArena French1426—
LMArena German1391—
LMArena Japanese1355—
LMArena Korean1327—
LMArena Spanish1381—

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 72.3 (#136), Mercury 2: 70.4 (#161)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Mercury 2
LMArena Instruction Following13651328

Long Context Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 41.7 (#128), Mercury 2: 40.4 (#149)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Mercury 2
LMArena Longer Query13701329

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 56.9 (#131), Mercury 2: 54.0 (#151)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20Mercury 2
LMArena Text13941355
LMArena Creative Writing13181289
LMArena Multi-Turn13641358

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 better than Mercury 2?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 or Mercury 2 better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.0 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 and Mercury 2 share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mercury 2 has 17.

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