Model comparison
MiMo-V2.5 vs Mistral
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2.5 leads 61.6 to 37.0.
- MiMo-V2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.4 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2026-04-22 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | 1162 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1438 | — |
| SciCode | 43.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 513.95 | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1450 | 1149 |
| CritPt | 3.7% | — |
Math MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1436 | 1180 |
| ProofBench | 16% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1247 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1468 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1447 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1421 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1306 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1416 | 1143 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1434 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1393 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.5 better than Mistral?
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiMo-V2.5 or Mistral better for coding?
MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.5 and Mistral share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5 has 23 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.