Model comparison
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat vs Mercury
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat scores higher in 1 category and Mercury in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mercury leads 46.2 to 31.6.
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | Mercury | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Inception |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 37.6 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 9 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury leads
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.9 (#300), Mercury: 38.7 (#170)
| Benchmark | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1025 | 1322 |
Reasoning Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat leads
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 20.0 (#246), Mercury: 17.5 (#293)
| Benchmark | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1047 | 1285 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 21.6% |
Math Not comparable
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.3 (#226), Mercury: —
| Benchmark | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1072 | — |
Multilingual Mercury leads
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#270), Mercury: 41.6 (#206)
| Benchmark | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1063 | 1260 |
Instruction Following Mercury leads
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.2 (#279), Mercury: 65.2 (#224)
| Benchmark | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1060 | 1239 |
Long Context Mercury leads
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#288), Mercury: 38.4 (#198)
| Benchmark | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 998 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Mercury leads
Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.6 (#283), Mercury: 46.2 (#221)
| Benchmark | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1098 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1091 | 1191 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1058 | 1282 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat better than Mercury?
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat or Mercury better for coding?
Mercury scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat and Mercury share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9 scored results on Noometry and Mercury has 9.