# Mercury 2.5 vs Mistral Nemo

> Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mercury-2-5-vs-mistral-nemo
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- Mercury 2.5 is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.15 for Mistral Nemo.
- Mercury 2.5 accepts more context: 260K tokens versus 128K.
- Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 26.4 |
| Rank | 242 | 337 |
| Context | 260K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.04 | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | $0.15 | $0.15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mercury 2.5: 39.5 (#156)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 38.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 301.65 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mercury 2.5: —
- Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)

| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |

## Reasoning

- Mercury 2.5: 22.4 (#193)
- Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)

| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| DTBench | — | 48.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.68 |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |

## Math

- Mercury 2.5: 23.3 (#272)
- Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)

| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10.8% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |

## Knowledge

- Mercury 2.5: —
- Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)

| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 29.9% |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mercury 2.5: —
- Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)

| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 881 |

## FAQ

### Is Mercury 2.5 better than Mistral Nemo?

Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mercury 2.5 or Mistral Nemo?

Mercury 2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Mistral Nemo lists at $0.15 and $0.15.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mercury 2.5 does, with 260K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and Mistral Nemo share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.