# MiMo-V2-Pro vs MiniMax-M2.5

> MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mimo-v2-pro-vs-minimax-m2-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 22

## Summary

- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Pro scores higher in 7 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2-Pro leads 39.5 to 26.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 25.8% for MiMo-V2-Pro and 16.8% for MiniMax-M2.5.
- Both cost about the same: $0.43 input and $0.87 output per million tokens.
- MiMo-V2-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 43.0 | 38.3 |
| Rank | 103 | 188 |
| Context | 1.05M | 205K |
| Input $/M | $0.43 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $0.87 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 43.8 (#83)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1433 | 1387 |
| LMArena Coding | 1476 | 1381 |
| ALE-Bench | 785.17 | 618.17 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 75.8% |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 68.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiMo-V2-Pro: —
- MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -23.16 |

## Reasoning

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 22.1 (#206)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 25.8% | 16.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1457 | 1372 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 55.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| Thematic Generalization | 45.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.68 |

## Math

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 39.5 (#102)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1447 | 1378 |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |

## Knowledge

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.4 (#111)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1478 | 1379 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.1% |

## Multilingual

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 52.7 (#81)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1416 | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1456 | 1393 |
| LMArena French | 1469 | 1362 |
| LMArena German | 1417 | 1362 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1366 | 1171 |
| LMArena Korean | 1400 | 1232 |
| LMArena Russian | 1427 | 1358 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1457 | 1354 |

## Instruction Following

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 76.0 (#49)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1445 | 1353 |

## Long Context

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.5 (#138)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 15.7% | 11.4% |
| CL-bench Life | 6.9% | 6.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1455 | 1366 |

## Writing & Preference

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 62.8 (#70)
- MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1436 | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1415 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1364 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1361 |

## FAQ

### Is MiMo-V2-Pro better than MiniMax-M2.5?

MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Pro or MiniMax-M2.5?

MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.

### Is MiMo-V2-Pro or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 43.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

### How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Pro and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Pro has 23 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.