Model comparison
MiMo-V2.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.5 leads 28.6 to 17.3.
- MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- MiMo-V2.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.4 | 40.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-22 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1438 | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | 1461 |
| SciCode | 43.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 513.95 | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1450 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| CritPt | 3.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1436 | 1431 |
| ProofBench | 16% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1432 |
Multimodal MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54), Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1247 | 1223 |
Multilingual Too close to call
MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1468 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1447 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1421 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1416 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1306 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1434 | 1415 |
Long Context Too close to call
MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1393 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.5 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.5 or Mistral Medium 3.5?
MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is MiMo-V2.5 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 36.0 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5 has 23 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.