Qwen3.5-397B-A17B vs Mercury 2 Comparison
Comparing Qwen3.5-397B-A17B and Mercury 2 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, IFBench), while Mercury 2 is better at 0 benchmarks.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3.5-397B-A17B specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3.5-397B-A17B specifies output context (64,000 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mercury 2 does not.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Mercury 2
License
Usage and distribution terms
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Mercury 2 uses a proprietary license.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B was released on 2026-02-16, while Mercury 2 was released on 2026-02-24.
Mercury 2 is 0 month newer than Qwen3.5-397B-A17B.
Feb 16, 2026
4 weeks ago
Feb 24, 2026
3 weeks ago
1w newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Mercury 2
View detailsInception
Detailed Comparison
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