Model comparison
Mercury 2 vs Wizardlm 70b
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury 2 scores higher in 6 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mercury 2 leads 53.8 to 34.8.
- Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury 2 | Wizardlm 70b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2026-02-20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 50K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 33.5 (#255), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1391 | 1081 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1171 | — |
| SciCode | 38.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 785.58 | — |
Reasoning Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 23.8 (#170), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1362 | 1079 |
| CritPt | 0.8% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mercury 2: —, Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1116 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury 2: 36.2 (#172), Wizardlm 70b: —
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 12.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | — |
Multilingual Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 46.6 (#157), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1331 | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1417 | 1052 |
| LMArena Russian | 1304 | 1155 |
| LMArena German | — | 1083 |
Instruction Following Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 70.2 (#165), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1329 | 1093 |
Long Context Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 40.5 (#154), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1330 | 1097 |
Writing & Preference Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 53.8 (#155), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1355 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1289 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1358 | 1108 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2 better than Wizardlm 70b?
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury 2 or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?
Mercury 2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2 and Wizardlm 70b share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.