# Claude Sonnet 5 vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro

> Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.5 to 44.8 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2.5-Pro costs 7.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Sonnet 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-sonnet-5-vs-mimo-v2-5-pro
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 27

## Summary

- They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher in 5 categories and MiMo-V2.5-Pro in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5 leads 66.1 to 38.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 77% for Claude Sonnet 5 and 22% for MiMo-V2.5-Pro.
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro is cheaper at $0.43 / $0.87 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for Claude Sonnet 5.
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 54.5 | 44.8 |
| Rank | 26 | 70 |
| Context | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $2 | $0.43 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $0.87 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude Sonnet 5: 55.5 (#20)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 47.0 (#58)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1540 | 1477 |
| SciCode | 53.6% | 50.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1483 | 1502 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,463 | 899.8 |
| DeepSWE | 53.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 42.7% | — |
| CursorBench | 34.1% | — |
| GSO | 37.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 68.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude Sonnet 5: 42.7 (#16)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: —

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 54.5% | — |
| GBAEval | 65.3% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1194 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 6,378 | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude Sonnet 5: 48.2 (#37)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 25.9 (#124)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 75.1% | 34.4% |
| CritPt | 16.9% | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1461 | 1487 |
| DTBench | 92.5% | 84.5% |
| LMCA | 50% | 29.5% |
| SimpleBench | 60.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 35% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 35% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 60% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.14 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.34 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.1 | — |

## Math

- Claude Sonnet 5: 66.1 (#21)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 38.6 (#84)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 77% | 22% |
| LMArena Math | 1467 | 1480 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 65.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 29.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 94.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude Sonnet 5: 55.7 (#42)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 41.5 (#100)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1491 | 1501 |
| GPQA Diamond | 90.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 33.7% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude Sonnet 5: 42.4 (#26)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: —

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1275 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 24.9% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1466 | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude Sonnet 5: 54.0 (#55)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 55.3 (#33)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | 1449 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1475 | 1507 |
| LMArena French | 1457 | 1489 |
| LMArena German | 1448 | 1455 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | 1418 |
| LMArena Korean | 1411 | 1436 |
| LMArena Russian | 1452 | 1450 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1436 | 1470 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude Sonnet 5: 76.6 (#39)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 77.6 (#21)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1453 | 1477 |

## Long Context

- Claude Sonnet 5: 44.8 (#53)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 45.4 (#38)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1464 | 1482 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude Sonnet 5: 69.4 (#24)
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 65.5 (#47)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1465 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1440 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1794 | 1493 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1236 | 1208 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1454 | 1477 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than MiMo-V2.5-Pro?

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.5 to 44.8 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2.5-Pro costs 7.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Sonnet 5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5 or MiMo-V2.5-Pro?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Claude Sonnet 5 lists at $2 and $10.

### Is Claude Sonnet 5 or MiMo-V2.5-Pro better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 47.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

### How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.5-Pro has 27.