Model comparison
Mercury 2.5 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Neither Mercury 2.5 nor Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- Mercury 2.5 is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.35 / $1.40 for Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.
- Mercury 2.5 accepts more context: 260K tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury 2.5 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 38.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 260K | 131K |
| Max output | 66K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 2 | 3 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: 37.1 (#187)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 39.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.2% |
| ALE-Bench | 301.65 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: 22.4, Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | — | 79.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2.5 better than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Neither Mercury 2.5 nor Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.
Which is cheaper, Mercury 2.5 or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Mercury 2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 14B Instruct lists at $0.35 and $1.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mercury 2.5 does, with 260K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 2 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 3.