# MiMo-V2-Pro vs Mistral Small 3

> MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.4 to 30.9 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.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mimo-v2-pro-vs-mistral-small-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- 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 62.9 to 32.4.
- 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.

## Snapshot

| | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.4 | 30.9 |
| Rank | 102 | 268 |
| Context | 1.05M | 33K |
| Input $/M | $0.43 | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | $0.87 | $0.08 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 43.4 (#76)
- Mistral Small 3: 36.0 (#203)

| 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: 21.3 (#200)
- Mistral Small 3: 18.2 (#269)

| 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 | — | 127.06 |

## Math

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 36.7 (#104)
- Mistral Small 3: 15.3 (#290)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1447 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |

## Knowledge

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 40.8 (#106)
- Mistral Small 3: 25.0 (#258)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1479 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |

## Multilingual

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 52.9 (#77)
- Mistral Small 3: 37.5 (#231)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1416 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1455 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1470 | 1202 |
| LMArena German | 1417 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1366 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1401 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1427 | 1216 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1458 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 76.2 (#46)
- Mistral Small 3: 63.9 (#224)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1444 | 1214 |

## Long Context

- MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.5 (#133)
- Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#206)

| 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: 62.9 (#67)
- Mistral Small 3: 32.4 (#275)

| 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 |

## FAQ

### Is MiMo-V2-Pro better than Mistral Small 3?

MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.4 to 30.9 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: 43.4 versus 36.0 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.