Claude Opus 5 (Medium) vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5 (Medium) 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 2026-10-24.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Claude Opus 5 (Medium) scores 18.8 points higher (44.8 vs 26.0) but costs 12× as much to run the benchmark ($2732 vs $231; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Opus 5 (Medium) when you need intelligence above 26.0, and MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning) when 26.0 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5 (Medium) | MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 44.8 | 26.0 | −42.0% MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reason… is 42.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,731.91 | $231.08 | −91.5% MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reason… is 91.5% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.14s | 49.36s | +275.6% MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reason… is 275.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $5.00 / $25.0 | $0.41 / $1.02 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Reasoning) vs Claude Opus 5 (Medium): 42.0% less intelligence, 91.5% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 275.6% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Opus 5 (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
- 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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