Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha vs mercury-2.5-preview
Wins 4 of 5 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Long documents
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 10 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own20Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha2 of 2 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha2 of 2 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software10Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Coding and long documents rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha pulls ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+21.8points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+10.8points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+4.4points ahead
Where mercury-2.5-preview pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+7.8points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 10 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
AgentsAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha
- GDPValAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha by 29.429.40+29.4
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha by 330+3
ReasoningAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha
- Humanity's Last ExamAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha by 21.833.611.8+21.8
- CritPtAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha by 10.910.90+10.9
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha by 10.833.522.6+10.8
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationmercury-2.5-preview by 7.811.919.7+7.8
Long documentsAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha
- AA-LCRAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha by 475.771.7+4
Other results2 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA IntelligenceAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha by 14.526.812.3+14.5
- AA-OmniscienceAgnes 2.5 Pro Alpha by 14.4-25.1-39.5+14.4
Questions people ask
Which is better, Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha or mercury-2.5-preview?
Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha wins four of the five areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning and long documents. mercury-2.5-preview wins none. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
Agnes 2.5 Pro Alpha. It wins the one coding test both models report.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 10 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 8 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 2 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.