Model comparison
MiMo-V2.5-Pro vs Ministral 3B
MiMo-V2.5-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 5.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.5-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5-Pro scores higher in 3 categories and Ministral 3B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads 42.2 to 10.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 84.5% for MiMo-V2.5-Pro and 51.7% for Ministral 3B.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $0.43 / $0.87 for MiMo-V2.5-Pro.
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.2 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-22 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $0.10 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 47.4 (#60), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1479 | — |
| SciCode | 50.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1503 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 899.8 | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 26.8 (#130), Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 84.5% | 51.7% |
| LMCA | 29.5% | 5.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 34.4% | — |
| CritPt | 4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1488 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.1 |
Math MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 40.0 (#96), Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 22% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1481 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 42.2 (#98), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 25.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1503 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 55.1 (#34), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1449 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | — |
| LMArena French | 1488 | — |
| LMArena German | 1458 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1450 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1471 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 77.5 (#21), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1477 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 45.4 (#37), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1483 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 65.3 (#49), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1465 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1493 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.5-Pro better than Ministral 3B?
MiMo-V2.5-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 5.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.5-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.5-Pro or Ministral 3B?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.5-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.5-Pro and Ministral 3B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5-Pro has 27 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.