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Claude 4 Sonnet vs MiMo-V2.5

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 2 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

42.79/100
Margin
15.8pts
winning →
Xiaomi
58.62/100
1 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude 4 Sonnet #158 (Supported); MiMo-V2.5 #62 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude 4 Sonnet and MiMo-V2.5 share 2 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 14 results are unique to Claude 4 Sonnet; 9 to MiMo-V2.5.

Updated July 21, 2026
Shared results
2
Claude 4 Sonnet only
14
MiMo-V2.5 only
9
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick MiMo-V2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 4 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 1 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

MiMo-V2.5 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 58.62 to 42.79. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

MiMo-V2.5 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Claude 4 Sonnet is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. MiMo-V2.5 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for Claude 4 Sonnet.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude 4 Sonnet and MiMo-V2.5
CategoryClaude 4 SonnetΔMiMo-V2.5
CodingClaude 4 Sonnet72.7Margin 16.6MiMo-V2.556.1
AgenticClaude 4 SonnetNot measuredMarginNo overlapMiMo-V2.565.8
MultimodalClaude 4 SonnetNot measuredMarginNo overlapMiMo-V2.579.0

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude 4 SonnetMiMo-V2.5Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude 4 Sonnet$3 input / $15 outputMiMo-V2.5Not availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude 4 Sonnet40 tok/sMiMo-V2.5Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude 4 Sonnet1.33 sMiMo-V2.5Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude 4 Sonnet200KMiMo-V2.51MMiMo-V2.5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetMiMo-V2.5Result
τ²-bench resultsSource 52.3%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 39.66%46.89%MiMo-V2.5 leads
JobBenchSource 18.4%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 62.3%Not comparable
MM-ClawBenchSource 23.8%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 65.8%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 16.9%Not comparable
CodingClaude 4 Sonnet wins
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetMiMo-V2.5Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 72.7%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 37.3%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 56.1%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 65.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetMiMo-V2.5Result
AA-LCRSource 44.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 1.1%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetMiMo-V2.5Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 25.5%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 68.3%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 4.0%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -9.2%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 22.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 40.8%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetMiMo-V2.5Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 62.4%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 11751291MiMo-V2.5 leads
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source 87.7%Not comparable
CharXivSource 81%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource 77.9%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude 4 SonnetMiMo-V2.5Result
AA-IFBenchSource 45.4%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Claude 4 Sonnet or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 58.62 to 42.79.

Which is better for coding, Claude 4 Sonnet or MiMo-V2.5?

Claude 4 Sonnet has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 72.7 versus 56.1. MiMo-V2.5 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

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Last updated: July 21, 2026

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