Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct vs Mercury 2.5: API price and specs
Mercury 2.5 is 82% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on input price.
Mercury 2.5 is 81% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on output price.
Mercury 2.5 is 82% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has a 0.8% larger context than Mercury 2.5.
| Field | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Mercury 2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.22 +450% | $0.04 |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.36 +80.7% | $0.20 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.80 +433.3% | $0.15 |
| Median output, per 1M | $1.58 +110% | $0.75 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.38 +442.9% | $0.07 |
| Context | 262K | 260K +0.8% |
| Max output | 262K | 66K +75% |
| Providers | 23 | 7 +69.6% |
| Regions | EU, US | US |
| Accepts | audio, image, text, video | text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | google-vertex | openrouter |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
aihubmix, aiml, kilo, openrouter, trustedrouter, vercel
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or Mercury 2.5?
Mercury 2.5 is 82% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on input price. Mercury 2.5 is 81% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on output price. Mercury 2.5 is 82% cheaper than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or Mercury 2.5?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 262K tokens; Mercury 2.5: 260K tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct and Mercury 2.5?
aihubmix, aiml, kilo, openrouter, trustedrouter, vercel