Model comparison
Mercury 2.5 vs Palm 2
Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mercury 2.5 leads 39.5 to 29.0.
Side by side
| Mercury 2.5 | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 260K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury 2.5 leads
Mercury 2.5: 39.5 (#156), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 38.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 994 |
| ALE-Bench | 301.65 | — |
Reasoning Mercury 2.5 leads
Mercury 2.5: 22.4 (#193), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1005 |
Math Palm 2 leads
Mercury 2.5: 23.3 (#272), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1049 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 887 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1010 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 994 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2.5 better than Palm 2?
Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury 2.5 or Palm 2 better for coding?
Mercury 2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and Palm 2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.