Claude Fable 5.2 vs MiMo-V2.5
Claude Fable 5.2 leads MiMo-V2.5 on coding, 87.8 to 50.0 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiMo-V2.5 costs 20.0x less per output token ($2.00 vs $40.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 19 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Fable 5.2 or MiMo-V2.5: which to pick
Pick Claude Fable 5.2 for coding: it scores 87.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 50.0 for MiMo-V2.5.
Pick MiMo-V2.5 for output tokens 20.0x cheaper ($2.00 vs $40.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 19
- Claude Fable 5.2 only
- 49
- MiMo-V2.5 only
- 63
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Claude Fable 5.2
Claude Fable 5.2 scores 87.8 against 50.0.
4 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Claude Fable 5.2 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 64.6.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only MiMo-V2.5 has a AA Agentic Index result, 15.8.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only MiMo-V2.5 has a GPQA Diamond result, 81.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only MiMo-V2.5 has a MMLU Pro result, 82.9%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Claude Fable 5.2
Claude Fable 5.2 leads, 1351 against 1260.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Claude Fable 5.2 has a Vals Index result, 71.3%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.5
Claude Fable 5.2 $0.028, MiMo-V2.5 $0.0014 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only MiMo-V2.5 has the number, $0.01.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Fable 5.2 87.8 from 4 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.5 50.0 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 84.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- ProofBench: Claude Fable 5.2 100.0% against MiMo-V2.5 16.0%, 84.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Fable 5.2 $40.00 against MiMo-V2.5 $2.00 per million output tokens, 20.0x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1M tokens.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Fable 5.2 | Bars | MiMo-V2.5 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 8 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| Math | 1 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 5 | 0 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 19 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index80
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 79.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1838 | 1438 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 56.8 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 81.5% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.0% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 65.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 93.8% | 42.2% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 14.2% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 19.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.7% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 62.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| SciCode | 67.7% | 43.9% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 41.7% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run) | 61.6% | 0.0% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 49.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 69.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2509.8 | 514.0 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1469 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1463 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1915 | 1423 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1738 | 1429 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| GameBench 2 | 99.1 | 24.1 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 64.6 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 173.4 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 15.8 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1402 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1325 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1434 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LiveBench research | 94.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 86.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 82.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.7% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 32.1% | 7.8% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 46.1% | 9.1% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 5.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.1% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 83.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 55.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Vals Science Index | 63.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 90.6% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 80.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 41.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| SpireClimb | 15.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Not measured | 49.1% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 81.6% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 88.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 51.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.0% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 84.9% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 74.3% | 27.2% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 93.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 93.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| SimpleBench | 94.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 79.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 90.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| EBR-bench | 90.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1450 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1460 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1461 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1270 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1261 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Scale run) | 72.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| GoBench | 2566 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 95.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| ProofBench | 100.0% | 16.0% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1436 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1449 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| MathArena | 82.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 82.9% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.9% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.9% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.8% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.3% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.9% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| AA-Omniscience | 66.8 | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 94.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1439 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1431 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1423 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1432 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| PRBench Finance | 47.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| PRBench Legal | 49.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1351 | 1260 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1371 | 1249 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1396 | 1242 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1249 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1517 | 1197 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1373 | 1252 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1175 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1139 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LiveBench design | 85.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 71.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 81.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.2% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 52.8% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 67.1% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.3% | 73.0% | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| GDPval-AA | 1831 | 1004 | Claude Fable 5.2 |
| DTBench | 99.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LMCA | 70.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 90.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Fable 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1427 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1434 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1391 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1248 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1447 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1404 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1470 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1419 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1305 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1356 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1450 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1416 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1395 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1410 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1445 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1445 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1408 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1399 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1259 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1324 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1257 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1226 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1195 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1230 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.5 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiMo-V2.5 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiMo-V2.5 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Fable 5.2 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Xiaomi |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | November 9, 2026 | April 22, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $8.00 | $0.40 |
| Output $/Mtok | $40.00 | $2.00 |
| Coding index | 87.8 | 50.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.01 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Fable 5.2 better than MiMo-V2.5 for coding?
Pick Claude Fable 5.2 for coding: it scores 87.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 50.0 for MiMo-V2.5. Pick MiMo-V2.5 for output tokens 20.0x cheaper ($2.00 vs $40.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.2 or MiMo-V2.5?
Claude Fable 5.2 costs $8.00 per million input tokens and $40.00 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.40 and $2.00. Cost per solved task is known for MiMo-V2.5 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Fable 5.2 or MiMo-V2.5?
Neither: both take 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Fable 5.2 vs MiMo-V2.5 comparison based on?
19 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Claude Fable 5.2's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and MiMo-V2.5's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.