Model comparison

Kimi K2.5 vs MiMo-V2-Flash

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2-Flash costs 5.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.5 Moonshot AI

48.1

Rank #57 Confirmed

MiMo-V2-Flash Xiaomi

41.3

Rank #138 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and MiMo-V2-Flash in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Kimi K2.5 leads 53.6 to 39.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 49% for Kimi K2.5 and 25.9% for MiMo-V2-Flash.
  • MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $2.25 for Kimi K2.5.

Side by side

Kimi K2.5 and MiMo-V2-Flash specifications
Kimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
ProviderMoonshot AIXiaomi
Noometry Index48.141.3
Released2026-01-272025-12-16
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output262K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.45$0.14
Output $ / M tokens$2.25$0.28
Results tracked5121

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 48.8 (#53), MiMo-V2-Flash: 36.1 (#211)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena WebDev14371330
SciCode49%25.9%
LMArena Coding14741443
ALE-Bench821.65737.95
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual67.3%—
WeirdML45.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 34.2 (#48), MiMo-V2-Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
Terminal-Bench43.2%—
OSWorld63.3%—
Vending-Bench 21,198—

Reasoning Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 31.2 (#80), MiMo-V2-Flash: 24.9 (#157)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
CritPt3.1%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14531420
ARC-AGI-211.8%—
SimpleBench46.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark78.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)69.9%—
ARC-AGI-165.3%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
EnigmaEval3.4%—
Thematic Generalization69.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index148.03—

Math Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 51.8 (#53), MiMo-V2-Flash: 38.3 (#139)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Math14701396
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions62.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.6 (#56), MiMo-V2-Flash: 39.7 (#131)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Expert14661425
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam24.4%—
SimpleQA Verified34.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.5: 41.1 (#39), MiMo-V2-Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Vision1269—
LMArena Document1430—

Multilingual Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 53.9 (#53), MiMo-V2-Flash: 51.0 (#113)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Non-English14331392
LMArena Chinese14951462
LMArena French14541429
LMArena German14411395
LMArena Japanese14211325
LMArena Korean14101358
LMArena Russian14351387
LMArena Spanish14501420

Instruction Following Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 75.3 (#64), MiMo-V2-Flash: 73.5 (#120)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following14311392

Long Context Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 52.1 (#7), MiMo-V2-Flash: 43.0 (#110)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Longer Query14451409
Fiction.LiveBench86.1%—
CL-bench19.3%—
CL-bench Life13.2%—

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.5 leads

Kimi K2.5: 65.1 (#53), MiMo-V2-Flash: 59.7 (#106)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Text14451411
LMArena Creative Writing14231375
LMArena Multi-Turn14441404
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.5 better than MiMo-V2-Flash?

Kimi K2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2-Flash costs 5.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.5 or MiMo-V2-Flash?

MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.5 lists at $0.45 and $2.25.

Is Kimi K2.5 or MiMo-V2-Flash better for coding?

Kimi K2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.8 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 and MiMo-V2-Flash share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2-Flash has 21.

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