Model comparison

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs MiMo-V2.5

MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b Cohere

34.9

Rank #229 Confirmed

MiMo-V2.5 Xiaomi

43.4

Rank #93 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b scores higher in 0 categories and MiMo-V2.5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2.5 leads 61.6 to 39.0.

Side by side

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and MiMo-V2.5 specifications
C4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
ProviderCohereXiaomi
Noometry Index34.943.4
Released—2026-04-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1.05M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.14
Output $ / M tokens—$0.28
Results tracked1523

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.5 leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.8 (#252), MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Coding11601469
LMArena WebDev—1438
SciCode—43.1%
ALE-Bench—513.95

Reasoning MiMo-V2.5 leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 22.4 (#197), MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts11561450
CritPt—3.7%

Math MiMo-V2.5 leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.3 (#203), MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Math11681436
ProofBench—16%

Knowledge MiMo-V2.5 leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.6 (#201), MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Expert11531460
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: —, MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Vision—1247

Multilingual MiMo-V2.5 leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#242), MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Non-English11801404
LMArena Chinese11811468
LMArena German11881421
LMArena Japanese11201306
LMArena Russian11971395
LMArena French—1447
LMArena Korean—1363
LMArena Spanish—1416

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.5 leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.1 (#253), MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Instruction Following11551434

Long Context MiMo-V2.5 leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#236), MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Longer Query11911445

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.5 leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.0 (#250), MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Text11851428
LMArena Creative Writing11681393
LMArena Multi-Turn11601445

Frequently asked questions

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b or MiMo-V2.5 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and MiMo-V2.5 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.5 has 23.

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