Mercury 2 vs Qwen3 Max Thinking

Mercury 2 vs Qwen3 Max Thinking. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

InceptionMercury 2Off the frontier
Intelligence
10.80
Total cost
$105
AlibabaQwen3 Max ThinkingNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
21.30
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricMercury 2Qwen3 Max ThinkingDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)10.821.3+97.2% Qwen3 Max Thinking is 97.2% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$104.94Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)8.08sNot reported— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.25 / $0.75—
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