MiMo-V2.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Which is better for the money: MiMo-V2.5 by Xiaomi or Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral? 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
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs MiMo-V2.5: 34.9% less intelligence, 1940.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 61.9% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | MiMo-V2.5 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 21.8 | 14.2 | −34.9% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 34.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $61.93 | $1,263.80 | +1940.7% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 20× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 46.61s | 17.77s | −61.9% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 61.9% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.13 / $0.27 | $1.50 / $7.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- MiMo-V2.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) scores 34.50 for $56.4.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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