Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs MiMo-V2.5

MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

MiMo-V2.5 Xiaomi

43.4

Rank #93 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 0 categories and MiMo-V2.5 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.5 leads 28.6 to 10.8.
  • MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for GPT-4.1 mini.
  • MiMo-V2.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.
  • MiMo-V2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 mini and MiMo-V2.5 specifications
GPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
ProviderOpenAIXiaomi
Noometry Index33.643.4
Released2025-04-142026-04-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.14
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$0.28
Results tracked4723

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.5 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
SciCode40.4%43.1%
LMArena Coding13671469
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
LMArena WebDev—1438
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—
ALE-Bench—513.95

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), MiMo-V2.5: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning MiMo-V2.5 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
CritPt0%3.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts13491450
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math MiMo-V2.5 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Math13431436
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
ProofBench—16%
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge MiMo-V2.5 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Expert13381460
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal MiMo-V2.5 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Vision11811247

Multilingual MiMo-V2.5 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Non-English13181404
LMArena Chinese13291468
LMArena French13581447
LMArena German13511421
LMArena Japanese12901306
LMArena Korean12981363
LMArena Russian13241395
LMArena Spanish13191416

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.5 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Instruction Following13331434
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context MiMo-V2.5 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Longer Query13441445
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.5 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Text13401428
LMArena Creative Writing13001393
LMArena Multi-Turn13541445
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 mini or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 mini lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or MiMo-V2.5 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and MiMo-V2.5 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.5 has 23.

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