Model comparison

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 vs Mercury 2

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 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 12 10 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 12 10 leads 41.5 to 33.2.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Mercury 2 specifications
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Mercury 2
ProviderAmazonInception
Noometry Index42.338.8
Released—2026-02-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—128K
Max output—50K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$0.75
Results tracked1217

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Category by category

Coding Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 41.5 (#112), Mercury 2: 33.2 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Mercury 2
LMArena Coding14301391
LMArena WebDev—1170
SciCode—38.7%
WeirdML—43.2%
ALE-Bench—785.58

Reasoning Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 28.1 (#93), Mercury 2: 23.0 (#170)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Mercury 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14271362
CritPt—0.8%

Math Not comparable

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 36.1 (#130), Mercury 2: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Mercury 2
LMArena Math1418—

Knowledge Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 38.6 (#133), Mercury 2: 35.6 (#170)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Mercury 2
LMArena Expert14091358
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.3%

Multilingual Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 51.7 (#103), Mercury 2: 46.8 (#153)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Mercury 2
LMArena Non-English13991331
LMArena Chinese14401416
LMArena Russian13971303

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 73.4 (#117), Mercury 2: 70.4 (#161)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Mercury 2
LMArena Instruction Following13871328

Long Context Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.4 (#120), Mercury 2: 40.4 (#149)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Mercury 2
LMArena Longer Query13911329

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 59.7 (#104), Mercury 2: 54.0 (#151)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Mercury 2
LMArena Text14201355
LMArena Creative Writing13511289
LMArena Multi-Turn14091358

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 better than Mercury 2?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 or Mercury 2 better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.5 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Mercury 2 share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and Mercury 2 has 17.

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