Model comparison
MiMo-V2-Omni vs Ministral 8B
MiMo-V2-Omni is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Omni's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Omni scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiMo-V2-Omni leads 39.9 to 12.5.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2-Omni.
- MiMo-V2-Omni accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.9 | 27.8 |
| Released | 2026-03-18 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $0.10 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2-Omni leads
MiMo-V2-Omni: 42.7 (#87), Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1467 | 1202 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2-Omni: —, Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2-Omni leads
MiMo-V2-Omni: 28.6 (#86), Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1445 | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math MiMo-V2-Omni leads
MiMo-V2-Omni: 36.4 (#112), Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2-Omni leads
MiMo-V2-Omni: 39.9 (#114), Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1449 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2-Omni: 37.9 (#62), Ministral 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1228 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2-Omni leads
MiMo-V2-Omni: 52.0 (#97), Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1469 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1412 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1398 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1318 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1355 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1432 | — |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Omni leads
MiMo-V2-Omni: 75.4 (#62), Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1428 | 1161 |
Long Context MiMo-V2-Omni leads
MiMo-V2-Omni: 44.1 (#72), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Omni leads
MiMo-V2-Omni: 61.6 (#83), Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Omni | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1424 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1393 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1446 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2-Omni better than Ministral 8B?
MiMo-V2-Omni is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Omni's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Omni or Ministral 8B?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Omni lists at $0.14 and $0.28.
Is MiMo-V2-Omni or Ministral 8B better for coding?
MiMo-V2-Omni scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.7 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2-Omni does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Omni and Ministral 8B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Omni has 18 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.