Model comparison
MiMo-V2.5 vs Qwen3 8B
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 8B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.5 leads 28.6 to 16.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 43.1% for MiMo-V2.5 and 22.6% for Qwen3 8B.
- MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $0.70 for Qwen3 8B.
- MiMo-V2.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.4 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2026-04-22 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 43.1% | 22.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1438 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 513.95 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 3.7% | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1450 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| ProofBench | 16% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1436 | — |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1247 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1468 | — |
| LMArena French | 1447 | — |
| LMArena German | 1421 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1416 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1434 | — |
Long Context MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1393 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.5 better than Qwen3 8B?
MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.5 or Qwen3 8B?
MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3 8B lists at $0.18 and $0.70.
Is MiMo-V2.5 or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.5 and Qwen3 8B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5 has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.