Model comparison
MiMo-V2.5-Pro vs Ministral 8B
MiMo-V2.5-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.2 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.5-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5-Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads 42.2 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 84.5% for MiMo-V2.5-Pro and 45.7% for Ministral 8B.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 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 262K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.2 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-22 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 47.4 (#60), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1503 | 1202 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1479 | — |
| SciCode | 50.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 899.8 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 26.8 (#130), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1488 | 1191 |
| DTBench | 84.5% | 45.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 34.4% | — |
| CritPt | 4% | — |
| LMCA | 29.5% | — |
Math MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 40.0 (#96), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1188 |
| ProofBench | 22% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 42.2 (#98), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1503 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 55.1 (#34), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1449 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1450 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1488 | — |
| LMArena German | 1458 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1471 | — |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 77.5 (#21), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1477 | 1161 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 45.4 (#37), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1483 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 65.3 (#49), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1465 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | 1166 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1493 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1208 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.5-Pro better than Ministral 8B?
MiMo-V2.5-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.2 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 3.6× 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 8B?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Is MiMo-V2.5-Pro or Ministral 8B better for coding?
MiMo-V2.5-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.4 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.5-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.5-Pro and Ministral 8B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5-Pro has 27 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.