Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2.5-Pro vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiMo-V2.5-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.2 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.5-Pro Xiaomi

45.2

Rank #74 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.1 MiniMax

38.9

Rank #178 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5-Pro scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads 26.8 to 16.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 34.4% for MiMo-V2.5-Pro and 11.2% for MiniMax-M2.1.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.43 input and $0.87 output per million tokens.
  • MiMo-V2.5-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
ProviderXiaomiMiniMax
Noometry Index45.238.9
Released2026-04-222025-12-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.43$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.87$1.20
Results tracked2722

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 47.4 (#60), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena WebDev14791384
LMArena Coding15031421
ALE-Bench899.8623.83
SciCode50.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiMo-V2.5-Pro: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
Terminal-Bench—36.6%

Reasoning MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 26.8 (#130), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
NYT Connections (extended)34.4%11.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14881411
CritPt4%—
DTBench84.5%—
LMCA29.5%—

Math MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 40.0 (#96), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Math14811397
ProofBench22%—

Knowledge MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 42.2 (#98), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Expert15031431
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.8%

Multilingual MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 55.1 (#34), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Non-English14491378
LMArena Chinese15071430
LMArena French14881404
LMArena German14581381
LMArena Japanese14121287
LMArena Korean14371298
LMArena Russian14501387
LMArena Spanish14711397

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 77.5 (#21), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Instruction Following14771400

Long Context MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 45.4 (#37), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Longer Query14831416

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 65.3 (#49), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Text14651392
LMArena Creative Writing14401361
LMArena Multi-Turn14771396
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1493—
EQ-Bench 41208—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.5-Pro better than MiniMax-M2.1?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.2 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.5-Pro or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.

Is MiMo-V2.5-Pro or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.4 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.5-Pro and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5-Pro has 27 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.

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