Model comparison
Mercury 2.5 vs Wizardlm 13b
Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mercury 2.5 leads 39.5 to 30.1.
- Wizardlm 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury 2.5 | Wizardlm 13b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| 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), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 38.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1035 |
| ALE-Bench | 301.65 | — |
Reasoning Mercury 2.5 leads
Mercury 2.5: 22.4 (#193), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1018 |
Math Wizardlm 13b leads
Mercury 2.5: 23.3 (#272), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1017 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1034 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1023 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1048 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1054 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Wizardlm 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1077 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1047 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2.5 better than Wizardlm 13b?
Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury 2.5 or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?
Mercury 2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and Wizardlm 13b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.