Model comparison
Mercury 2.5 vs Mistral Nemo
Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
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- Mercury 2.5 is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.15 for Mistral Nemo.
- Mercury 2.5 accepts more context: 260K tokens versus 128K.
- Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 26.4 |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | 2024-07-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 260K | 128K |
| Max output | 66K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: 39.5 (#156), Mistral Nemo: —
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |
Reasoning Mercury 2.5 leads
Mercury 2.5: 22.4 (#193), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| DTBench | — | 48.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.68 |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |
Math Mistral Nemo leads
Mercury 2.5: 23.3 (#272), Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10.8% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 29.9% |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 881 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2.5 better than Mistral Nemo?
Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mercury 2.5 or Mistral Nemo?
Mercury 2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Mistral Nemo lists at $0.15 and $0.15.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mercury 2.5 does, with 260K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and Mistral Nemo share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.