Model comparison
Mercury vs Olmo 7b Instruct
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury scores higher in 4 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mercury leads 46.2 to 25.8.
- Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury | Olmo 7b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 30.3 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 9 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury leads
Mercury: 38.7 (#170), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1016 |
Reasoning Olmo 7b Instruct leads
Mercury: 17.5 (#293), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1285 | 993 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 21.6% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mercury: —, Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1018 |
Multilingual Mercury leads
Mercury: 41.6 (#206), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | 977 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 947 |
Instruction Following Mercury leads
Mercury: 65.2 (#224), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 978 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mercury: 38.4 (#198), Olmo 7b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mercury | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | — |
Writing & Preference Mercury leads
Mercury: 46.2 (#221), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1032 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1191 | 990 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1282 | 1007 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury better than Olmo 7b Instruct?
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?
Mercury scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury and Olmo 7b Instruct share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury has 9 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.