GPT-6 Astra vs MiMo-V2.5
Updated October 21, 2026. 65 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick GPT-6 Astra for coding: it scores 88.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 34.0 for MiMo-V2.5.
Pick MiMo-V2.5 when output tokens cost 210.1x less, or when what matters is LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare or LMArena Text: English, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 65
- GPT-6 Astra only
- 54
- MiMo-V2.5 only
- 15
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra scores 88.7 against 34.0.
2 and 1 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 52.7 against 21.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 51.0 against 15.8.
Same board, both measured
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
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 1337 against 1266.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a Vals Index result, 65.0%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1.05M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.5
GPT-6 Astra $0.035, MiMo-V2.5 $0.0002 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
- GPT-6 Astra 88.7 from 2 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.5 34.0 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Coding, 32.0 points apart on average over 11 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ProofBench: GPT-6 Astra 99.0% against MiMo-V2.5 16.0%, 83.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-6 Astra $50.00 against MiMo-V2.5 $0.238 per million output tokens, 210.1x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1.05M 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 | GPT-6 Astra | Bars | MiMo-V2.5 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 11 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 5 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 7 | 0 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 8 | 0 | ||
| General | 23 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 62 | 3 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index110
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 93.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1774 | 1438 | GPT-6 Astra |
| AA Coding Index | 76.9 | 56.8 | GPT-6 Astra |
| 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) | 59.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 89.6% | 42.2% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 67.7% | 14.2% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 5.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 100.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 87.3% | 60.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 43.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 27.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 41.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SciCode | 56.5% | 43.9% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 41.7% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| FrontierCode | 53.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierSWE | 65.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GSO-Bench | 79.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| WeirdML | 93.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MirrorCode | 46.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2951.3 | 514.0 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1489 | 1469 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1474 | 1463 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1798 | 1425 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1775 | 1429 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1726 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 52.7 | 21.8 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 168.8 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 51.0 | 15.8 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1372 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1357 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1312 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1348 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1245 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1380 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench research | 85.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench browser | 84.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 82.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 56.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 53.5% | 36.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 20.7% | 7.8% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 39.4% | 9.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 7.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 71.7% | 55.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 79.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 62.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vals Science Index | 65.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | 90.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | 19.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | 23.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 90.6% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 64.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 20.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| BALROG | 68.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SpireClimb | 25.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $15,515 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 81.6% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 92.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 53.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.0% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 96.3% | 84.9% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 54.7% | 27.2% | GPT-6 Astra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 95.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 95.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Chess puzzles | 74.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 84.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| EBR-bench | 76.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1463 | 1450 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1489 | 1459 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1464 | 1461 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1297 | 1269 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1337 | 1262 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 93.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 97.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ProofBench | 99.0% | 16.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: math | 1465 | 1436 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1484 | 1451 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | 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) | 48.5% | 31.9% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SimpleQA Verified | 75.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1451 | 1440 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1425 | 1432 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1462 | 1425 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1439 | 1432 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1337 | 1266 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1394 | 1257 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1474 | 1249 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1335 | 1249 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1501 | 1216 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1379 | 1260 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1431 | 1178 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1359 | 1141 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LiveBench design | 82.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index232
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 65.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 83.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 46.4% | 43.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 87.9% | 72.2% | GPT-6 Astra |
| 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) | 80.7% | 73.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| DTBench | 97.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMCA | 64.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Furniture assembly | 80.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1428 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1455 | 1435 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1420 | 1393 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision | 1280 | 1247 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: English | 1447 | 1447 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1432 | 1405 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1489 | 1469 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: German | 1459 | 1421 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1405 | 1306 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1428 | 1361 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: French | 1432 | 1448 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1422 | 1414 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1438 | 1396 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1422 | 1413 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1447 | 1445 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1460 | 1445 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1437 | 1409 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1427 | 1399 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1280 | 1259 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1361 | 1326 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1292 | 1256 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1226 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1189 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1286 | 1230 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | 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 | OpenAI GPT-6 Astra | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Xiaomi |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | September 4, 2026 | April 22, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.119 |
| Output $/Mtok | $50.00 | $0.238 |
| Coding index | 88.7 | 34.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.01 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-6 Astra better than MiMo-V2.5 for coding?
Pick GPT-6 Astra for coding: it scores 88.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 34.0 for MiMo-V2.5. Pick MiMo-V2.5 when output tokens cost 210.1x less, or when what matters is LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare or LMArena Text: English, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or MiMo-V2.5?
GPT-6 Astra costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.119 and $0.238. Cost per solved task is known for MiMo-V2.5 only.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-6 Astra or MiMo-V2.5?
Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-6 Astra vs MiMo-V2.5 comparison based on?
65 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-6 Astra's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and MiMo-V2.5's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.