Model comparison
Mercury vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury scores higher in 5 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads 23.9 to 17.5.
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 33.0 |
| Released | — | 2024-11-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 9 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury leads
Mercury: 38.7 (#170), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1235 |
Reasoning Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads
Mercury: 17.5 (#293), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1285 | 1220 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 21.6% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mercury: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1242 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 42.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.3% |
Multilingual Mercury leads
Mercury: 41.6 (#206), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | 1236 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1246 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Mercury: 65.2 (#224), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 1233 |
Long Context Mercury leads
Mercury: 38.4 (#198), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1224 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Mercury: 46.2 (#221), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1256 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1191 | 1231 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1282 | 1252 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?
Mercury scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury has 9 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.