MiMo-V2.5 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Which is better for the money: MiMo-V2.5 by Xiaomi or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA? 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
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs MiMo-V2.5: 40.8% less intelligence, 49.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 83.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | MiMo-V2.5 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 21.8 | 12.9 | −40.8% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 40.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $61.93 | $92.76 | +49.8% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 49.8% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 53.94s | 8.98s | −83.4% Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is 83.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.13 / $0.27 | $0.06 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
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.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.
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