Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs MiniMax-M2.5

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi

50.3

Rank #49 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.3

Rank #188 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 54.5 to 26.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 70% for MiMo-V2.6-Pro and 4% for MiniMax-M2.5.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.43 input and $0.87 output per million tokens.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
ProviderXiaomiMiniMax
Noometry Index50.338.3
Released2026-09-212026-02-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.43$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.87$1.20
Results tracked1933

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena WebDev16291387
LMArena Coding15341381
ALE-Bench1,158618.17
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—75.8%
SWE-bench Multilingual—68.3%
SciCode60.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35), MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
Terminal-Bench—42.7%
APEX-Agents59.5%—
Vending-Bench 2—-23.16

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts15121372
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—55.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—16.8%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
CritPt26.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.68

Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
ProofBench70%4%
LMArena Math14941378

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92), MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Expert15431379
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43), MiniMax-M2.5: —

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Vision1264—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Non-English14741338
LMArena Chinese15291393
LMArena Russian14801358
LMArena French—1362
LMArena German—1362
LMArena Japanese—1171
LMArena Korean—1232
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Instruction Following14931353

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Longer Query15011366
CL-bench—11.4%
CL-bench Life—6.3%

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33), MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Text14921359
LMArena Creative Writing14681331
LMArena Multi-Turn14641364
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1361

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than MiniMax-M2.5?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or MiniMax-M2.5?

MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 48.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.

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