Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude Sonnet 5
94
MiMo-V2.5
70
Pick Claude Sonnet 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiMo-V2.5 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Agentic
+16.0 difference
Coding
+7.1 difference
Claude Sonnet 5
MiMo-V2.5
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Pick Claude Sonnet 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiMo-V2.5 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Claude Sonnet 5 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 94 to 70. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Claude Sonnet 5's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 81.8 against 65.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 80.4% to 65.8%.
Claude Sonnet 5 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 94 to 70. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 80.4% and 65.8%.
Claude Sonnet 5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 63.2 versus 56.1. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Claude Sonnet 5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.8 versus 65.8. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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