Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs MiMo-V2.5

MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

MiMo-V2.5 Xiaomi

43.4

Rank #93 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 3 categories and MiMo-V2.5 in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.5 leads 28.6 to 13.6.
  • MiMo-V2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-3 mini and MiMo-V2.5 specifications
Grok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
ProviderxAIXiaomi
Noometry Index41.243.4
Released2025-04-092026-04-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1.05M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.14
Output $ / M tokens—$0.28
Results tracked3523

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.5 leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Coding13791469
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
LMArena WebDev—1438
SciCode—43.1%
WeirdML42.6%—
ALE-Bench—513.95

Reasoning MiMo-V2.5 leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts13751450
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
CritPt—3.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35—

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Math13861436
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%—
ProofBench—16%
Omni-MATH31.8%—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Expert13951460
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: —, MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Vision—1247

Multilingual MiMo-V2.5 leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Non-English13521404
LMArena Chinese13871468
LMArena French13571447
LMArena German13491421
LMArena Japanese13421306
LMArena Korean13351363
LMArena Russian13531395
LMArena Spanish13811416

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Instruction Following13571434
IFEval95.1%—

Long Context MiMo-V2.5 leads

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Longer Query13721445
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.5 leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniMiMo-V2.5
LMArena Text13701428
LMArena Creative Writing13421393
LMArena Multi-Turn13551445
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-3 mini or MiMo-V2.5 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and MiMo-V2.5 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.5 has 23.

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