Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) by Anthropic or MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning) by Xiaomi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning)
MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning) vs Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning): 25.6% more intelligence, 84.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 137.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) | MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 20.7 | 26.0 | +25.6% MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reason… is 25.6% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,501.22 | $231.08 | −84.6% MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reason… is 84.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 20.89s | 49.58s | +137.3% MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reason… is 137.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $0.41 / $1.02 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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