Mercury 2 vs Qwen3-Coder Comparison
Comparing Mercury 2 and Qwen3-Coder across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Mercury 2 and Qwen3-Coder don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Mercury 2 ($0.25/1M tokens) is 1.4x more expensive than Qwen3-Coder ($0.18/1M tokens).
For output processing, Mercury 2 ($0.75/1M tokens) is 4.2x more expensive than Qwen3-Coder ($0.18/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Mercury 2 is more expensive than Qwen3-Coder.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Qwen3-Coder accepts 256,000 input tokens compared to Mercury 2's 128,000 tokens. Qwen3-Coder can generate longer responses up to 256,000 tokens, while Mercury 2 is limited to 8,192 tokens.
License
Usage and distribution terms
Mercury 2 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3-Coder uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Mercury 2 was released on 2026-02-24, while Qwen3-Coder was released on 2025-01-01.
Mercury 2 is 14 months newer than Qwen3-Coder.
Feb 24, 2026
2 weeks ago
1.1yr newerJan 1, 2025
1.2 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Provider Availability
Mercury 2 is available from Inception. Qwen3-Coder is available from DeepInfra, Fireworks. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Mercury 2
Qwen3-Coder
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Mercury 2
View detailsInception
Qwen3-Coder
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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