Mistral Medium 3.5 vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads Mistral Medium 3.5 on coding, 31.6 to 25.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiMo-V2.5-Pro costs 8.2x less per output token ($0.9152 vs $7.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 66 benchmarks have a result for both.
Mistral Medium 3.5 or MiMo-V2.5-Pro: which to pick
Pick MiMo-V2.5-Pro for coding: it scores 31.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 25.5 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
Pick Mistral Medium 3.5 for work measured by MedCode (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 66
- Mistral Medium 3.5 only
- 15
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro only
- 4
- 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro scores 31.6 against 25.5.
3 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads, 26.0 against 14.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads, 21.3 against 7.0.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads, 82.6% against 34.9%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads, 84.6% against 75.3%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads, 1266 against 1142.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Mistral Medium 3.5 $0.0053, MiMo-V2.5-Pro $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Mistral Medium 3.5 $6.02, MiMo-V2.5-Pro $0.03.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mistral Medium 3.5 25.5 from 3 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.5-Pro 31.6 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Web design, 19.8 points apart on average over 8 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- GPQA Diamond: Mistral Medium 3.5 34.9% against MiMo-V2.5-Pro 82.6%, 47.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mistral Medium 3.5 $7.50 against MiMo-V2.5-Pro $0.9152 per million output tokens, 8.2x apart.
- Context window
- Mistral Medium 3.5 takes 262K 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.
| Category | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Bars | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 13 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 5 | 1 tie | |
| Reasoning | 0 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 7 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 8 | ||
| General | 0 | 21 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 64 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index013
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1264 | 1480 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| AA Coding Index | 46.9 | 60.2 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 81.3% | Only MiMo-V2.5-Pro measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 66.4% | 74.0% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only MiMo-V2.5-Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 2.9% | 34.1% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 5.1% | 21.6% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 39.0% | 57.3% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| SciCode | 40.2% | 50.6% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 33.3% | 43.2% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| ALE-Bench | 764.0 | 899.8 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1460 | 1501 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1458 | 1495 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1254 | 1469 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1308 | 1473 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 14.2 | 26.0 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.4 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 7.0 | 21.3 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 32.1% | 41.5% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 4.5% | 11.5% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 9.1% | 15.9% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 11.2% | 55.2% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 94.2% | 94.2% | Tie |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.9% | 82.6% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 74.8% | 86.6% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.8% | 35.7% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1436 | 1486 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1432 | 1501 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1445 | 1494 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1254 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1230 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 9.0% | 22.0% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: math | 1431 | 1481 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1440 | 1491 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index17
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 75.3% | 84.6% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.1% | Only MiMo-V2.5-Pro measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 44.2% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 58.8% | 61.4% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 68.0% | 73.8% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 28.9% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 33.8% | 32.5% | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1428 | 1482 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1409 | 1473 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1437 | 1474 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1426 | 1466 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1142 | 1266 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1076 | 1246 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1079 | 1261 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1120 | 1257 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1060 | 1243 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1121 | 1265 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Design Arena: SVG | 949 | 1181 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1062 | 1156 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index021
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 37.6% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 67.7% | 83.7% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 34.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| IFBench | 68.8% | 79.9% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 69.3% | 79.7% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| DTBench | 75.5% | 84.5% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMCA | 26.1% | 29.5% | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 26.9% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1464 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1415 | 1475 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1374 | 1438 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1433 | 1477 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1404 | 1448 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1444 | 1507 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: German | 1453 | 1459 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1410 | Only MiMo-V2.5-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1384 | 1435 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: French | 1448 | 1487 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1411 | 1469 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1395 | 1449 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1430 | 1464 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1423 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1415 | 1481 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1384 | 1451 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1382 | 1438 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1240 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1244 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1233 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1216 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1198 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.5 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 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | 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-Pro costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiMo-V2.5-Pro costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiMo-V2.5-Pro 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 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Xiaomi |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | April 30, 2026 | April 22, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.50 | $0.4575 |
| Output $/Mtok | $7.50 | $0.9152 |
| Coding index | 25.5 | 31.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | $6.02 | $0.03 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than MiMo-V2.5-Pro for coding?
Pick MiMo-V2.5-Pro for coding: it scores 31.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 25.5 for Mistral Medium 3.5. Pick Mistral Medium 3.5 for work measured by MedCode (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.5 or MiMo-V2.5-Pro?
Mistral Medium 3.5 costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5-Pro costs $0.4575 and $0.9152. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Mistral Medium 3.5 costs $6.02 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro $0.03.
Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Medium 3.5 or MiMo-V2.5-Pro?
MiMo-V2.5-Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Mistral Medium 3.5 vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro comparison based on?
66 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Mistral Medium 3.5's coding index rests on 3 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.