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Claude Opus 4.8 vs MiMo-V2-Flash

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 18 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

85/100
Margin
29.0pts
← winning
56/100
1 category wins1 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 4.8 #3; MiMo-V2-Flash unranked

Evidence parity. Claude Opus 4.8 and MiMo-V2-Flash share 18 comparable benchmark results. 2 of 8 categories are comparable. 35 results are unique to Claude Opus 4.8; 2 to MiMo-V2-Flash.

Updated July 12, 2026
Shared results
18
Claude Opus 4.8 only
35
MiMo-V2-Flash only
2
Comparable categories
2 / 8

Pick Claude Opus 4.8 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiMo-V2-Flash only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 18 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 2 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Claude Opus 4.8 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 85 to 56. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Opus 4.8's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 76.4 against 73.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 88.6% to 73.4%. MiMo-V2-Flash does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Claude Opus 4.8 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for MiMo-V2-Flash. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Claude Opus 4.8 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for MiMo-V2-Flash.

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 Opus 4.8 and MiMo-V2-Flash
CategoryClaude Opus 4.8ΔMiMo-V2-Flash
KnowledgeClaude Opus 4.862.7Margin 22.0MiMo-V2-Flash84.7
CodingClaude Opus 4.876.4Margin 3.0MiMo-V2-Flash73.4
AgenticClaude Opus 4.880.3MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2-FlashNot measured
MathClaude Opus 4.853.9MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2-FlashNot measured
MultimodalClaude Opus 4.877.0MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2-FlashNot measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Opus 4.8B · MiMo-V2-Flash
  1. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 88.6%B 73.4%
    Winner: Claude Opus 4.8Δ 15.2
    SWE-bench Verified: Claude Opus 4.8 scored 88.6%; MiMo-V2-Flash scored 73.4%. Claude Opus 4.8 wins this benchmark.
  2. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 93.6%B 83.7%
    Winner: Claude Opus 4.8Δ 9.9
    GPQA: Claude Opus 4.8 scored 93.6%; MiMo-V2-Flash scored 83.7%. Claude Opus 4.8 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricClaude Opus 4.8MiMo-V2-FlashComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Opus 4.8$5 input / $25 outputMiMo-V2-Flash$0 input / $0 outputMiMo-V2-Flash has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Opus 4.8Not availableMiMo-V2-Flash129 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Opus 4.8Not availableMiMo-V2-Flash2.14 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Opus 4.81MMiMo-V2-Flash256KClaude Opus 4.8 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8MiMo-V2-FlashResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 74.6%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 84.3%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 93.1%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 83.4%Not comparable
Finance Agent v2Source 53.9%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1600826Claude Opus 4.8 leads
MCP AtlasSource 82.2%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 59.9%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 72.97%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 47.2%12.0%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
Tau2-TelecomSource 94.4%83.9%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
GDPval-AASource 55.0%16.3%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
ResearchClawBenchSource 21.1%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 20.6%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 1354Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 48.5%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 44.0%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 7.5%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 27.6%Not comparable
CodingClaude Opus 4.8 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8MiMo-V2-FlashResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 88.6%73.4%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
SWE-bench ProSource 69.2%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 84.4%Not comparable
SWE MultimodalSource 38.4%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 74.6%Not comparable
cursorBench31Source 58.4%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 62.3%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 74.3%49.8%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
Terminal-Bench HardSource 58.3%25.8%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 53.5%25.9%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
FrontierCodeSource 46.5%Not comparable
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Source 84.6%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8MiMo-V2-FlashResult
AA-LCRSource 67.7%31.3%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
CritPtSource 20.9%0.0%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
KnowledgeMiMo-V2-Flash wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8MiMo-V2-FlashResult
GPQASource 93.6%83.7%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
GPQA-DSource 93.6%Not comparable
HLESource 57.9%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 49.8%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 55.7%24.7%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 92.0%65.6%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
AA-HLESource 45.7%8.0%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 27.4%-48.5%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 46.6%15.2%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 35.9%75.1%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
MMLU-ProSource 84.9%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8MiMo-V2-FlashResult
USAMO 2026Source 96.7%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 47.241%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 31.250%Not comparable
AIME 2025Source 94.1%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8MiMo-V2-FlashResult
INCLUDESource 87.6%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8MiMo-V2-FlashResult
OfficeQA ProSource 66.2%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource 87.9%Not comparable
CharXivSource 89.9%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 80.5%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1281Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8MiMo-V2-FlashResult
AA-IFBenchSource 62.2%39.9%Claude Opus 4.8 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.8 or MiMo-V2-Flash?

Claude Opus 4.8 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 85 to 56. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 88.6% and 73.4%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Opus 4.8 or MiMo-V2-Flash?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 84.7 versus 62.7. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Claude Opus 4.8 or MiMo-V2-Flash?

Claude Opus 4.8 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 76.4 versus 73.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench Hard is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 12, 2026

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