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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Mercury Edit 2

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B comes out ahead, 58 to 35 on our weighted score, though Mercury Edit 2 is 2.9× cheaper per token.

  1. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

    Released Feb 23, 2026

    58/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.40 / $3.20
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

  2. Inception

    Mercury Edit 2

    Released Mar 30, 2026

    35/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.75
    • Context32K
    Full specs Remove Mercury Edit 2

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01 — Verdict

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is our pick

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Mercury Edit 2 (35). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Mercury Edit 2 wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceMercury Edit 2Mercury Edit 2 $0.375 · Qwen3.5 122B-A10B $1.10 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3.5 122B-A10B 262,144 · Mercury Edit 2 32,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3.5 122B-A10B: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Mercury Edit 2: Text
  • Self-hostingQwen3.5 122B-A10BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen3.5 122B-A10BMercury Edit 2
Price50%4870
Inputs & features30%900
Context window20%370
Overall100%58/10035/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Mercury Edit 2 specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen3.5 122B-A10BAlibaba (Qwen)Mercury Edit 2Inception
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.40$0.25 (best)
Output$3.20$0.75 (best)
Cached input—$0.025
Blended (3:1)$1.10$0.375 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Alibaba APIOfficial Inception API
Limits
Context window262,144 tokens (best)32,000 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens (best)8,192 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioYesNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesNo
Tool callingYesNo
Structured outputYesNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model IDqwen3.5-122b-a10bmercury-edit-2
API providers19 (best)1
ReleasedFeb 23, 2026Mar 30, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B$10.40
  • Mercury Edit 2$4.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen3.5 122B-A10B or Mercury Edit 2?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Mercury Edit 2 (35). It leads on inputs & features and context window. Mercury Edit 2 wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B or Mercury Edit 2?

Mercury Edit 2 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.75 output per million tokens (official Inception API price). Qwen3.5 122B-A10B costs $0.40 input / $3.20 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.375 per million tokens for Mercury Edit 2 versus $1.10 for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B (2.9× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has not been scored yet and Mercury Edit 2 has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and Mercury Edit 2 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Mercury Edit 2 does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 32,000 for Mercury Edit 2. Maximum output per response: Qwen3.5 122B-A10B up to 65,536, Mercury Edit 2 up to 8,192 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B accepts text, images, audio and video; Mercury Edit 2 accepts text. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Mercury Edit 2 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Mercury Edit 2 is the newest, released Mar 30, 2026. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B came out Feb 23, 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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