Model comparison
Mercury 2.5 vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next has enough public results to be ranked (#229); Mercury 2.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- Mercury 2.5 is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.12 / $0.80 for Qwen3 Coder Next.
- Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 260K.
- Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 33.8 |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 260K | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 2 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3 Coder Next: 35.8 (#206)
Reasoning Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Qwen3 Coder Next: 21.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
Math Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: 22.4, Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2.5 better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next has enough public results to be ranked (#229); Mercury 2.5 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Mercury 2.5 or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Mercury 2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Next lists at $0.12 and $0.80.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 260K.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 2 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.