Model comparison
Mercury 2.5 vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Mercury 2.5 and Qwen3 Coder Next score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.5 vs 34.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury 2.5 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 Coder Next in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mercury 2.5 leads 39.5 to 36.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 38.5% for Mercury 2.5 and 32.3% for Qwen3 Coder Next.
- Mercury 2.5 is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.12 / $0.80 for Qwen3 Coder Next.
- Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 260K.
- Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 260K | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury 2.5 leads
Mercury 2.5: 39.5 (#156), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
Reasoning Too close to call
Mercury 2.5: 22.4 (#193), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 0% |
Math Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: 23.3 (#272), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2.5 better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Mercury 2.5 and Qwen3 Coder Next score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.5 vs 34.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Mercury 2.5 or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Mercury 2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Next lists at $0.12 and $0.80.
Is Mercury 2.5 or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Mercury 2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 260K.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.