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Inkling vs MiMo-V2.5

Updated October 14, 2026. We do not rank this pair: at least one has no public score. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. 8 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
Thinking Machines Lab logo

Thinking Machines Lab

52.13/100

Supported · Public rank #85

90% interval 41.7–62.5

Model B
Xiaomi logo

Xiaomi

—

Evidence status unavailable

90% interval unavailable

Shared results
8
Inkling only
16
MiMo-V2.5 only
7
Like-for-like categories
2 / 8
Supported: InklingHow the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    MiMo-V2.5

    MiMo-V2.5 has the higher public coding point estimate, 35.1 to 34, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

    Confidence: limited
Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    MiMo-V2.5 is scored on Estimated evidence for agentic, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited
  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    No clear pick

    The documented context windows are equal.

    Confidence: documented
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

34.0Inkling35.1MiMo-V2.5

Like-for-like · BenchAlign v5.8

MiMo-V2.5 has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

1 category rests on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

Bars run 0–100 on each benchmark’s normalized display scale

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Coding

Like-for-like
Inkling
34.0
Supported · #80/149
MiMo-V2.5
35.1
Supported · #77/149
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 6 vs 4 public rows
Reading
MiMo-V2.5 leads · intervals overlap

Multimodal

Like-for-like
Inkling
67.5
#35/54
MiMo-V2.5
72.2
#31/54
Basis
Provisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
MiMo-V2.5 leads

Agentic

Directional only
Inkling
36.2
Supported · #72/124
MiMo-V2.5
31.9
Estimated · #83/124
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 5 vs 6 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
Inkling
79.0
#14/29
MiMo-V2.5
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Knowledge

Not comparable
Inkling
54.5
Supported · #62/181
MiMo-V2.5
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 6 vs 2 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Inkling
Not ranked
MiMo-V2.5
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Inkling
87.6
#35/128
MiMo-V2.5
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Inkling
58.3
#11/12
MiMo-V2.5
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 3 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Inkling
$0.00421
Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.5
API rate not published
Fits in one request

MiMo-V2.5 has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Inkling
$0.10754
Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.5
API rate not published
Fits in one request

MiMo-V2.5 has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Inkling
$0.159
Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.5
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

MiMo-V2.5 has no comparable published API token rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Inkling

1M

MiMo-V2.5

1M

API model ID

Inkling

Not sourced

MiMo-V2.5

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Inkling

$0.374 per 1M cached input tokens

MiMo-V2.5

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

Inkling

Not sourced

MiMo-V2.5

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Inkling

Not sourced

MiMo-V2.5

Not sourced

Provider availability

Inkling

Not sourced

MiMo-V2.5

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Inkling

Hybrid

MiMo-V2.5

Reasoning

Weight access

Inkling

Open Weight

MiMo-V2.5

Proprietary

License

Inkling

Open Weight

MiMo-V2.5

Proprietary

Release date

Inkling

2026-07-15

MiMo-V2.5

2026-04-22

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Both models list 1M.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, Inkling or MiMo-V2.5?

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, Inkling or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 has the higher public coding point estimate, 35.1 to 34, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Inkling or MiMo-V2.5?

Inkling scores higher for agentic tasks on the public lane, 36.2 to 31.9. MiMo-V2.5 is scored on Estimated evidence for agentic tasks, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for agentic tasks from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which costs less, Inkling or MiMo-V2.5?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, Inkling or MiMo-V2.5?

Both models list the same context window, 1M.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence31 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Inkling63.8%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    Inkling77.1%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    Inkling74.1%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)

    Inkling47.6%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.560.7%
    Source

    MiMo-V2.5 leads this result

  • CWE-bench v1

    Inkling37.0%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • Claw-Eval

    Inkling—
    MiMo-V2.562.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MM-ClawBench

    Inkling—
    MiMo-V2.523.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Inkling—
    MiMo-V2.565.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Gert Labs

    Inkling—
    MiMo-V2.546.89%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ResearchClawBench

    Inkling—
    MiMo-V2.516.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Inkling77.6%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Inkling54.3%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.556.1%
    Source

    MiMo-V2.5 leads this result

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Inkling63.8%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierSWE v2

    Inkling4.1%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    Inkling85.5%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.581.5%
    Source

    Inkling leads this result

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    Inkling77.6%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.571.0%
    Source

    Inkling leads this result

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Inkling—
    MiMo-V2.565.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU-Pro

    Inkling73.5%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.577.9%
    Source

    MiMo-V2.5 leads this result

  • CharXiv

    Inkling82%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.581%
    Source

    Inkling leads this result

  • CharXiv w/o tools

    Inkling78.1%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • Video-MME (with subtitle)

    Inkling—
    MiMo-V2.587.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Inkling87.9%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA-D

    Inkling87.9%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    Inkling46%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    Inkling30%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    Inkling87.1%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.581.6%
    Source

    Inkling leads this result

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    Inkling86.3%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.582.9%
    Source

    Inkling leads this result

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    Inkling79.8%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME26

    Inkling97.1%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Inkling33.333%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    Inkling4.878%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5—

    Not directly comparable

31 public results · 8 shared

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Last updated October 14, 2026