# Apodex 1.1 vs Mercury 2.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Apodex 1.1 and Mercury 2.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/apodex-1-1-vs-mercury-2-5
- Last updated: September 8, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Apodex 1.1 and Mercury 2.5 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Apodex 1.1 has the lower published output-token price.
- Mercury 2.5 has the larger published context window at 260K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Apodex 1.1 | Mercury 2.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Apodex | Inception |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | N/A | 260K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 52 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.04 / $0.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 53.7 (Estimated · #39/152)
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 44.5 (Estimated · #91/152)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.4% | 34.0% | Apodex 1.1 |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 96.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 52.9 (Estimated · #46/151)
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 47.8 (Estimated · #73/151)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 38% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 76.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 75.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 67.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 54.9 (Supported · #55/182)
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 48.3 (Estimated · #94/182)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierScience Research | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 35.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 79.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: 80.1 (#53/121)

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mercury 2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | Mercury 2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMO 2026 | 31/42 | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Apodex 1.1 and Mercury 2.5?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [Apodex 1.1 vs Apodex 1.1 Mini](/compare/apodex-1-1-vs-apodex-1-1-mini)
- [Mercury 2.5 vs Apodex 1.1 Mini](/compare/apodex-1-1-mini-vs-mercury-2-5)
- [Apodex 1.1 vs Mercury 2.5 Preview](/compare/apodex-1-1-vs-mercury-2-5-preview)
- [Mercury 2.5 vs Mercury 2.5 Preview](/compare/mercury-2-5-vs-mercury-2-5-preview)

## Explore More

- [Apodex 1.1 profile](/models/apodex-1-1)
- [Mercury 2.5 profile](/models/mercury-2-5)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)