# MiMo-V2.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5

> MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mimo-v2-5-vs-mistral-medium-3-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.5 leads 28.6 to 17.3.
- MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- MiMo-V2.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

## Snapshot

| | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.4 | 40.2 |
| Rank | 93 | 152 |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.14 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $0.28 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiMo-V2.5: 43.9 (#81)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1438 | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | 1461 |
| SciCode | 43.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 513.95 | — |

## Reasoning

- MiMo-V2.5: 28.6 (#101)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1450 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| CritPt | 3.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |

## Math

- MiMo-V2.5: 36.8 (#163)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1436 | 1431 |
| ProofBench | 16% | — |

## Knowledge

- MiMo-V2.5: 40.8 (#115)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1432 |

## Multimodal

- MiMo-V2.5: 39.8 (#54)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1247 | 1223 |

## Multilingual

- MiMo-V2.5: 51.9 (#99)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1468 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1447 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1421 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1416 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1306 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiMo-V2.5: 75.5 (#60)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1434 | 1415 |

## Long Context

- MiMo-V2.5: 44.2 (#73)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1415 |

## Writing & Preference

- MiMo-V2.5: 61.6 (#86)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1393 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |

## FAQ

### Is MiMo-V2.5 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.4 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.5 or Mistral Medium 3.5?

MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is MiMo-V2.5 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 36.0 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.5 has 23 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.