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Kimi K2.5 vs MiMo-V2.5

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 7 shared benchmark results across 3 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Moonshot AI
59.66/100
Margin
1.0pts
← winning
Xiaomi
58.62/100
1 category wins2 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Kimi K2.5 #54 (Supported); MiMo-V2.5 #62 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Kimi K2.5 and MiMo-V2.5 share 7 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 56 results are unique to Kimi K2.5; 4 to MiMo-V2.5.

Updated July 21, 2026
Shared results
7
Kimi K2.5 only
56
MiMo-V2.5 only
4
Comparable categories
3 / 8

Pick Kimi K2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiMo-V2.5 only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 7 shared benchmark results across 3 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Kimi K2.5 has the cleaner BenchAlign overall profile here, landing at 59.66 versus 58.62. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Kimi K2.5's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 59.4 against 56.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 50.8% to 65.8%. MiMo-V2.5 does hit back in agentic, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

MiMo-V2.5 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Kimi K2.5 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 256K for Kimi K2.5.

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 Kimi K2.5 and MiMo-V2.5
CategoryKimi K2.5ΔMiMo-V2.5
AgenticKimi K2.555.0Margin 10.8MiMo-V2.565.8
CodingKimi K2.559.4Margin 3.3MiMo-V2.556.1
MultimodalKimi K2.578.5Margin 0.5MiMo-V2.579.0
ReasoningKimi K2.561.0MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2.5Not measured
KnowledgeKimi K2.556.9MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2.5Not measured
MathKimi K2.560.6MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2.5Not measured
MultilingualKimi K2.582.3MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2.5Not measured
Inst. FollowingKimi K2.593.9MarginNo overlapMiMo-V2.5Not measured

Decisive benchmark drivers

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

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A · Kimi K2.5B · MiMo-V2.5
  1. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 50.8%B 65.8%
    Winner: MiMo-V2.5Δ 15
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Kimi K2.5 scored 50.8%; MiMo-V2.5 scored 65.8%. MiMo-V2.5 wins this benchmark.
  2. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 50.7%B 56.1%
    Winner: MiMo-V2.5Δ 5.4
    SWE-bench Pro: Kimi K2.5 scored 50.7%; MiMo-V2.5 scored 56.1%. MiMo-V2.5 wins this benchmark.
  3. MMMU-Pro

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 78.5%B 77.9%
    Winner: Kimi K2.5Δ 0.6
    MMMU-Pro: Kimi K2.5 scored 78.5%; MiMo-V2.5 scored 77.9%. Kimi K2.5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricKimi K2.5MiMo-V2.5Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensKimi K2.5$0.6 input / $3 outputMiMo-V2.5Not availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondKimi K2.545 tok/sMiMo-V2.5Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenKimi K2.52.38 sMiMo-V2.5Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensKimi K2.5256KMiMo-V2.51MMiMo-V2.5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticMiMo-V2.5 wins
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2.5Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 50.8%65.8%MiMo-V2.5 leads
BrowseCompSource 60.6%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 52.3%62.3%MiMo-V2.5 leads
QwenClawBenchSource 54.3%Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 65.7%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 77.1%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource 14.4%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 27.8%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 29.5%Not comparable
MCP-TasksSource 59.1%Not comparable
WideResearchSource 72.7%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 95.9%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 11.5%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 45.88%46.89%MiMo-V2.5 leads
ResearchClawBenchSource 14.0%16.9%MiMo-V2.5 leads
JobBenchSource 8.7%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 21.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 25.4%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1009Not comparable
MM-ClawBenchSource 23.8%Not comparable
CodingKimi K2.5 wins
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2.5Result
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 76.8%Not comparable
SWE-bench Verified*Source 70.8%Not comparable
LiveCodeBench v6Source 85.0%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 50.7%56.1%MiMo-V2.5 leads
SWE MultilingualSource 73%Not comparable
SWE-RebenchSource 58.5%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 77.2%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 48.7%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 49.0%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 46.8%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 65.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2.5Result
LongBench v2Source 61%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 65.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 3.1%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2.5Result
GPQASource 87.6%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.6%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 69.2%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 87.1%Not comparable
MMLU-Pro (Arcee)Source 87.1%Not comparable
HLESource 30.1%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 35.4%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 87.9%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 29.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -8.1%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 34.3%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 64.6%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2.5Result
AIME 2025Source 96.1%Not comparable
AIME26Source 95.8%Not comparable
AIME25 (Arcee)Source 96.3%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2025Source 95.4%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source 91.1%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 87.1%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 81.8%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 27.900%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 4.200%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2.5Result
MMLU-ProXSource 82.3%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source 56.0%Not comparable
MultimodalMiMo-V2.5 wins
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2.5Result
MMMU-ProSource 78.5%77.9%Kimi K2.5 leads
Video-MMESource 87.4%Not comparable
MMVUSource 80.4%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource 86.6%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 75.4%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 12791291MiMo-V2.5 leads
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source 87.7%Not comparable
CharXivSource 81%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkKimi K2.5MiMo-V2.5Result
IFEvalSource 93.9%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 70.2%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

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

Kimi K2.5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 59.66 to 58.62. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 50.8% and 65.8%.

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

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 59.4 versus 56.1. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

MiMo-V2.5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.8 versus 55. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Kimi K2.5 or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 78.5. Inside this category, Design Arena Website is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Kimi K2.5
API / mo$2,700
Self-host / mo$5,221
Break-even132M/day
MiMo-V2.5
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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