Model comparison
MiMo-V2.5 vs Ministral 8B
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5 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 leads 40.8 to 12.6.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2.5.
- MiMo-V2.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.4 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-22 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | 1202 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1438 | — |
| SciCode | 43.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 513.95 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1450 | 1191 |
| CritPt | 3.7% | — |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1436 | 1188 |
| ProofBench | 16% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54), Ministral 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1247 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1468 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1447 | — |
| LMArena German | 1421 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1416 | — |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1434 | 1161 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1393 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.5 better than Ministral 8B?
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.5 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 lists at $0.14 and $0.28.
Is MiMo-V2.5 or Ministral 8B better for coding?
MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.5 and Ministral 8B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5 has 23 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.