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MiniMax M3 vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro

MiniMax M3 leads MiMo-V2.5-Pro on coding, 39.2 to 31.6 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiMo-V2.5-Pro costs 1.3x less per output token ($0.9152 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 70 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace MiniMax M3 Replace MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiniMax M3MiniMax
Coding
39.2
Overall
51.7
Output $/M
$1.20
22
MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi
Coding
31.6
Overall
39.3
Output $/M
$0.9152
48
vs boards won of 70 shared

MiniMax M3 or MiMo-V2.5-Pro: which to pick

Pick MiniMax M3 for coding: it scores 39.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.6 for MiMo-V2.5-Pro.

Pick MiMo-V2.5-Pro for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($0.9152 vs $1.20 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.03 against $0.56).

Model AMiniMax M3MiniMax39.2/1006 independent benchmarks$0.56 per solved taskModel BMiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi31.6/1004 independent benchmarks$0.03 per solved task
Shared results
70
MiniMax M3 only
46
MiMo-V2.5-Pro only
0
Like-for-like categories
8 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.

At a glance

Coding index
MiniMax M3 39.2 from 6 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.5-Pro 31.6 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 8.5 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI): MiniMax M3 29.8% against MiMo-V2.5-Pro 15.9%, 13.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
MiniMax M3 $1.20 against MiMo-V2.5-Pro $0.9152 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
Context window
MiniMax M3 takes 1.05M tokens, MiMo-V2.5-Pro 1.05M.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMiniMax M3BarsMiMo-V2.5-ProTies
Coding69
Intelligence10
Agentic work42
Reasoning33
Math03
Knowledge36
Web design17
General418
All shared boards2248
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index69
Coding benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
BenchmarkMiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5-ProLeader
LiveBench coding70.9%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena WebDev14821480MiniMax M3
AA Coding Index58.660.2MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)82.2%81.3%MiniMax M3
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)75.0%74.0%MiniMax M3
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)1.0%0.5%MiniMax M3
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)47.6%34.1%MiniMax M3
Code migration (Vals AI)19.9%21.6%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)53.6%57.3%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)33.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)9.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)51.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)65.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
SciCode47.1%50.6%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)42.4%43.2%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
FrontierCode14.7%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
ALE-Bench640.0899.8MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: coding14701501MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: software and IT14661495MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena WebDev: React14781469MiniMax M3
LMArena WebDev: HTML14551473MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena WebDev: from an image1470Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
BenchmarkMiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5-ProLeader
AA Intelligence Index29.226.0MiniMax M3
Epoch Capabilities Index146.9Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index42
Agentic work benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
BenchmarkMiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5-ProLeader
AA Agentic Index29.521.3MiniMax M3
Design Arena: agents building web apps1200Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1197Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1169Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1159Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building games1158Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1130Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1181Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1028Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench research68.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench browser8.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench long agentic12.4%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)48.3%41.5%MiniMax M3
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)20.6%11.5%MiniMax M3
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)29.8%15.9%MiniMax M3
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)47.8%55.2%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
τ²-Bench Telecom88.9%94.2%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
APEX-Agents37.7%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
OSWorld 2.04.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Vending-Bench 2$2,158Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index33
Reasoning benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
BenchmarkMiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5-ProLeader
GPQA Diamond92.7%82.6%MiniMax M3
LiveBench reasoning74.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)81.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.9%86.6%MiniMax M3
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)39.0%35.7%MiniMax M3
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)90.9%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
SimpleBench45.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Chess puzzles13.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Mystery game puzzles8.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14471486MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: expert14611501MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14551494MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Vision: diagrams1266Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: homework1268Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Math benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
BenchmarkMiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5-ProLeader
OTIS Mock AIME71.1%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
ProofBench18.0%22.0%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: math14291481MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: mathematical work14481491MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index36
Knowledge benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
BenchmarkMiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5-ProLeader
MMLU Pro84.2%84.6%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LegalBench (Vals AI)85.4%77.1%MiniMax M3
CorpFin (Vals AI)68.1%61.4%MiniMax M3
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.7%73.8%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.4%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)46.3%32.5%MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: science14521482MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14411473MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: legal and government14371474MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: business and finance14341466MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index17
Web design benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
BenchmarkMiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5-ProLeader
Design Arena: websites12571266MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Design Arena: UI components12421246MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Design Arena: game dev12101261MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Design Arena: data viz12361257MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Design Arena: 3D12081243MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Design Arena: all code categories12471265MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Design Arena: SVG11611181MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Design Arena: ASCII art11611156MiniMax M3
LiveBench design66.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index418
General benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
BenchmarkMiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5-ProLeader
LiveBench data analysis76.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)64.1%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)50.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)87.3%83.7%MiniMax M3
Vals Multimodal Index60.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
IFBench82.9%79.9%MiniMax M3
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)83.0%79.7%MiniMax M3
DTBench78.9%84.5%MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMCA33.7%29.5%MiniMax M3
Surface Evolver Bench55.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text14331464MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: instruction following14331475MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: creative writing14041438MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Vision1251Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: English14431477MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: non-English14201448MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: Chinese14661507MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: German14281459MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: Japanese13801410MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: Korean13731435MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: French14441487MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: Spanish14331469MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: Russian14261449MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: Polish14231464MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: multi-turn14431476MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: longer queries14461481MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: writing and language14191451MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14031438MiMo-V2.5-Pro
LMArena Vision: English1263Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1311Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1259Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: humor1235Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1197Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1234Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Document1435Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
BenchmarkMiniMax M3MiMo-V2.5-ProLeader
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

MiniMax M3$0.0009Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.5-Pro$0.0009Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

MiniMax M3$0.019Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.5-Pro$0.026Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

MiniMax M3$0.072Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.5-Pro$0.101Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 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.

Specifications of MiniMax M3 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro
SpecificationMiniMax M3Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MakerMiniMaxXiaomi
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedMay 31, 2026April 22, 2026
Context window1.05M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.4575
Output $/Mtok$1.20$0.9152
Coding index39.231.6
Independent measurements behind it64
Cost per solved task$0.56$0.03
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is MiniMax M3 better than MiMo-V2.5-Pro for coding?

Pick MiniMax M3 for coding: it scores 39.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.6 for MiMo-V2.5-Pro. Pick MiMo-V2.5-Pro for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($0.9152 vs $1.20 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.03 against $0.56).

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M3 or MiMo-V2.5-Pro?

MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5-Pro costs $0.4575 and $0.9152. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, MiniMax M3 costs $0.56 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro $0.03.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M3 or MiMo-V2.5-Pro?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M3 vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro comparison based on?

70 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. MiniMax M3's coding index rests on 6 independent benchmarks and MiMo-V2.5-Pro's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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