Model comparison
MiMo-V2-Pro vs Ministral 8B
MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Pro'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-Pro 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-Pro leads 41.4 to 12.6.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.43 / $0.87 for MiMo-V2-Pro.
- MiMo-V2-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.0 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2026-03-18 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 43.8 (#83), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1476 | 1202 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1433 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 785.17 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2-Pro: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 22.1 (#206), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1457 | 1191 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 25.8% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 45.9% | — |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 39.5 (#102), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1447 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.4 (#111), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1478 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multilingual MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 52.7 (#81), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1416 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1427 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1469 | — |
| LMArena German | 1417 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1366 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1400 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1457 | — |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 76.0 (#49), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1445 | 1161 |
Long Context MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.5 (#138), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1455 | 1212 |
| CL-bench | 15.7% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.9% | — |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 62.8 (#70), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1436 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1415 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2-Pro better than Ministral 8B?
MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Pro or Ministral 8B?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Is MiMo-V2-Pro or Ministral 8B better for coding?
MiMo-V2-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.8 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Pro and Ministral 8B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Pro has 23 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.