Model comparison
MiMo-V2.5 vs Qwen3 Max
MiMo-V2.5 and Qwen3 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.4 vs 43.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3 Max in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 40.8.
- MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
- MiMo-V2.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- MiMo-V2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.4 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2026-04-22 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | 513.95 | 370.45 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1438 | — |
| SciCode | 43.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1450 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| CritPt | 3.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.38 |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1436 | 1446 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| ProofBench | 16% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1455 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54), Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1247 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1468 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1447 | 1449 |
| LMArena German | 1421 | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1306 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1416 | 1462 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1434 | 1419 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.5 leads
MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1393 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.5 better than Qwen3 Max?
MiMo-V2.5 and Qwen3 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.4 vs 43.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.5 or Qwen3 Max?
MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.
Is MiMo-V2.5 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (43.9 vs 43.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.5 and Qwen3 Max share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5 has 23 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.