Model comparison
Mercury vs Qwen Max
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Max in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mercury leads 38.7 to 30.7.
Side by side
| Mercury | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 34.7 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury leads
Mercury: 38.7 (#170), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Mercury: 17.5 (#293), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1285 | 1269 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 21.6% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mercury: —, Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury: —, Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Mercury: 41.6 (#206), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1254 |
| LMArena French | — | 1330 |
| LMArena German | — | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1290 |
Instruction Following Qwen Max leads
Mercury: 65.2 (#224), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 1262 |
Long Context Qwen Max leads
Mercury: 38.4 (#198), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads
Mercury: 46.2 (#221), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1191 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1282 | 1277 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury better than Qwen Max?
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury or Qwen Max better for coding?
Mercury scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury and Qwen Max share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.