Model comparison
Mercury vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 29.0 to 17.5.
Side by side
| Mercury | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 38.8 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mercury: 38.7 (#170), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Mercury: 17.5 (#293), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 21.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1285 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.26 |
Math Not comparable
Mercury: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mercury: 41.6 (#206), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mercury: 65.2 (#224), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mercury: 38.4 (#198), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mercury: 46.2 (#221), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mercury | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1282 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mercury and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.