Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs MiMo-V2.5
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and MiMo-V2.5 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2.5 leads 61.6 to 42.1.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2.5.
- MiMo-V2.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
- MiMo-V2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 43.4 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-04-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.14 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.28 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.5 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1469 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 513.95 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1438 |
| SciCode | — | 43.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.5 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1450 |
| CritPt | — | 3.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math MiMo-V2.5 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1436 |
| ProofBench | — | 16% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.5 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1460 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal MiMo-V2.5 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1247 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.5 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1468 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1447 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1421 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1306 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1363 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1416 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.5 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1434 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context MiMo-V2.5 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1445 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.5 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1393 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1445 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than MiMo-V2.5?
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or MiMo-V2.5?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5 lists at $0.14 and $0.28.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or MiMo-V2.5 better for coding?
MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and MiMo-V2.5 share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.5 has 23.