Model comparison
MiMo-V2-Pro vs Mistral Small 3
MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 9.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2-Pro leads 62.8 to 32.2.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.43 / $0.87 for MiMo-V2-Pro.
- MiMo-V2-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 33K.
- Mistral Small 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.0 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2026-03-18 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 33K |
| Max output | 131K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 43.8 (#83), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1476 | 1246 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1433 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 785.17 | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 22.1 (#206), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1457 | 1233 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 25.8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Thematic Generalization | 45.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.07 |
Math MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 39.5 (#102), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1447 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.4 (#111), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1478 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
Multilingual MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 52.7 (#81), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1416 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1469 | 1203 |
| LMArena German | 1417 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1366 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1400 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1427 | 1216 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1457 | — |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 76.0 (#49), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1445 | 1214 |
Long Context MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.5 (#138), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1455 | 1246 |
| CL-bench | 15.7% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.9% | — |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 62.8 (#70), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1436 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1415 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2-Pro better than Mistral Small 3?
MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 9.5× 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 Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Is MiMo-V2-Pro or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
MiMo-V2-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.8 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Pro and Mistral Small 3 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Pro has 23 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.