Model comparison
Mercury 2 vs Palm 2
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury 2 scores higher in 6 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mercury 2 leads 53.8 to 25.6.
Side by side
| Mercury 2 | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2026-02-20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 50K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 33.5 (#255), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1391 | 994 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1171 | — |
| SciCode | 38.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 785.58 | — |
Reasoning Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 23.8 (#170), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1362 | 1005 |
| CritPt | 0.8% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mercury 2: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1049 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury 2: 36.2 (#172), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 12.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | — |
Multilingual Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 46.6 (#157), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1331 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1417 | 887 |
| LMArena Russian | 1304 | — |
Instruction Following Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 70.2 (#165), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1329 | 1010 |
Long Context Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 40.5 (#154), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1330 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Mercury 2 leads
Mercury 2: 53.8 (#155), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1355 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1289 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1358 | 994 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2 better than Palm 2?
Mercury 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury 2 or Palm 2 better for coding?
Mercury 2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2 and Palm 2 share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.