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Model A
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Moonshot AI

58.74/100

Estimated · Public rank #82

90% interval 47.270.3

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) vs MiMo-V2.5

Updated September 4, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

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Model B
MiMo-V2.5

Xiaomi

60.72/100

Estimated · Public rank #68

90% interval 47.872.2

Decision reading

MiMo-V2.5 has the higher public score estimate, 60.72 versus 58.74, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.

3 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

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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.

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    MiMo-V2.5

    MiMo-V2.5 has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented

Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and MiMo-V2.5 are scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

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

    Not enough matched evidence

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and MiMo-V2.5 are scored on Estimated evidence for agentic, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited

  • 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: rate-fallback

  • 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

What is actually comparable

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

Shared results
3
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) only
6
MiMo-V2.5 only
12
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8

3 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign 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.

Agentic

Directional only
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
49.8
Estimated · #67/151
MiMo-V2.5
51.1
Estimated · #58/151
Basis
BenchAlign lane · 3 vs 6 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Coding

Directional only
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
52.8
Estimated · #52/183
MiMo-V2.5
54.8
Estimated · #45/183
Basis
BenchAlign lane · 2 vs 4 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
52.2
Estimated · #78/181
MiMo-V2.5
53.8
Estimated · #65/181
Basis
BenchAlign lane · 2 vs 2 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
Not ranked
MiMo-V2.5
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
Not ranked
MiMo-V2.5
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
Not ranked
MiMo-V2.5
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
62.3
Unranked · 1 rankable row
MiMo-V2.5
58.5
#29/48
Basis
Provisional lane · 1 vs 2 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
Not ranked
MiMo-V2.5
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 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) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

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.

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

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
$0.0021
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

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
$0.039
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

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
$0.162
Fits in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
MiMo-V2.5
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. MiMo-V2.5 has no comparable published API token rate.

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.

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

256K

MiMo-V2.5

1M

API model ID

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

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.

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Not published

MiMo-V2.5

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Not sourced

MiMo-V2.5

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Not sourced

MiMo-V2.5

Not sourced

Provider availability

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Not sourced

MiMo-V2.5

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Reasoning

MiMo-V2.5

Reasoning

Weight access

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Proprietary

MiMo-V2.5

Proprietary

License

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Proprietary

MiMo-V2.5

Proprietary

Release date

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

2026-02-01

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
MiMo-V2.5 has the higher public score estimate, 60.72 versus 58.74, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
MiMo-V2.5 has the larger documented window (1M).

Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Benchmark evidence

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

Browse raw public benchmark evidence21 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)50.8%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.565.8%
    Source

    MiMo-V2.5 leads this result

  • BrowseComp

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)60.6%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5

    Not directly comparable

  • Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)32.58%
    MiMo-V2.546.89%

    MiMo-V2.5 leads this result

  • Claw-Eval

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.562.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MM-ClawBench

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.523.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ResearchClawBench

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.516.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.560.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)76.8%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5

    Not directly comparable

  • Vibe Code Bench

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)17.54%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.556.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.565.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench (Vals)

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.581.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.571.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)87.6%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)87.1%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.581.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.582.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • AIME 2025

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)96.1%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.5

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • MMMU-Pro

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)78.5%
    Source
    MiMo-V2.577.9%
    Source

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) leads this result

  • Video-MME (with subtitle)

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.587.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • CharXiv

    Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)
    MiMo-V2.581%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 has the higher public score estimate, 60.72 versus 58.74, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.

Which is better for coding, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 scores higher for coding on the public lane, 54.8 to 52.8. Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and MiMo-V2.5 are scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 scores higher for agentic tasks on the public lane, 51.1 to 49.8. Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) and MiMo-V2.5 are 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, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) 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, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 256K.

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Last updated September 4, 2026

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