Model comparison
Mercury 2.5 vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#36); Mercury 2.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 52.2 to 22.4.
- Mercury 2.5 is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1.30 / $7.80 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 260K.
Side by side
| Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 51.1 |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 260K | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 2 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1472 |
| ALE-Bench | 301.65 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1457 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.27 |
Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Mercury 2.5: 22.4, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1476 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1444 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1452 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1437 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2.5 better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#36); Mercury 2.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Mercury 2.5 or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Mercury 2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview does, with 262K tokens against 260K.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 2 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.