# Mercury vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

> Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 32.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mercury-vs-tulu-3-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## 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 22.9 to 16.8.
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 32.6 |
| Rank | 192 | 242 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mercury: 38.1 (#164)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 35.4 (#211)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1323 | 1236 |

## Reasoning

- Mercury: 16.8 (#288)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 22.9 (#172)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1284 | 1220 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 21.6% | — |

## Math

- Mercury: —
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 13.3 (#297)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1242 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 42.7% |

## Knowledge

- Mercury: —
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.1 (#257)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.3% |

## Multilingual

- Mercury: 41.7 (#201)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 40.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1259 | 1236 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1246 |

## Instruction Following

- Mercury: 65.3 (#220)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 65.0 (#222)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1238 | 1233 |

## Long Context

- Mercury: 38.3 (#193)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1264 | 1224 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mercury: 46.2 (#216)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.8 (#218)

| Benchmark | Mercury | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1256 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1231 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1283 | 1252 |

## FAQ

### Is Mercury better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 32.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mercury or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?

Mercury scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 35.4 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.