DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) vs MiMo-V2.5
Which is better for the money: DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) by DeepSeek or MiMo-V2.5 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
MiMo-V2.5 vs DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25): 91.2% more intelligence, 86.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 167.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) | MiMo-V2.5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 11.4 | 21.8 | +91.2% MiMo-V2.5 is 91.2% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $460.74 | $61.93 | −86.6% MiMo-V2.5 is 86.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 20.14s | 53.94s | +167.8% MiMo-V2.5 is 167.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $4.00 | $0.13 / $0.27 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- DeepSeek R1 (Jan '25) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- MiMo-V2.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) scores 34.50 for $56.4.
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