# MiMo-V2.5 vs Ministral 8B

> MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mimo-v2-5-vs-ministral-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5 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-V2.5 leads 40.8 to 12.6.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2.5.
- MiMo-V2.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

## Snapshot

| | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.4 | 28.2 |
| Rank | 93 | 325 |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.14 | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | $0.28 | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81)
- Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | 1202 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1438 | — |
| SciCode | 43.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 513.95 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiMo-V2.5: —
- Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |

## Reasoning

- MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101)
- Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1450 | 1191 |
| CritPt | 3.7% | — |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |

## Math

- MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163)
- Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1436 | 1188 |
| ProofBench | 16% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |

## Knowledge

- MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115)
- Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |

## Multimodal

- MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54)
- Ministral 8B: —

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1247 | — |

## Multilingual

- MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99)
- Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1468 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1447 | — |
| LMArena German | 1421 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1416 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60)
- Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1434 | 1161 |

## Long Context

- MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73)
- Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1212 |

## Writing & Preference

- MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86)
- Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1393 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1166 |

## FAQ

### Is MiMo-V2.5 better than Ministral 8B?

MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.5 or Ministral 8B?

Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5 lists at $0.14 and $0.28.

### Is MiMo-V2.5 or Ministral 8B better for coding?

MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.5 and Ministral 8B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5 has 23 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.