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Kimi K2.5 vs MiMo-V2.5-Pro

Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

Kimi K2.5

68

VS

MiMo-V2.5-Pro

82

2 categoriesvs1 categories

Verified leaderboard positions: Kimi K2.5 #9 · MiMo-V2.5-Pro unranked

Pick MiMo-V2.5-Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.5 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Category Radar

Head-to-Head by Category

Category Breakdown

Agentic

MiMo-V2.5-Pro
54.6vs68.4

+13.8 difference

Coding

Kimi K2.5
64.2vs57.2

+7.0 difference

Knowledge

Kimi K2.5
65.1vs48

+17.1 difference

Operational Comparison

Kimi K2.5

MiMo-V2.5-Pro

Price (per 1M tokens)

$0.5 / $2.8

$1 / $3

Speed

45 t/s

N/A

Latency (TTFT)

2.38s

N/A

Context Window

256K

1M

Quick Verdict

Pick MiMo-V2.5-Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.5 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

MiMo-V2.5-Pro is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 82 to 68. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

MiMo-V2.5-Pro's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 68.4 against 54.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 30.1% to 48%. Kimi K2.5 does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

MiMo-V2.5-Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.00 input / $3.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.50 input / $2.80 output per 1M tokens for Kimi K2.5. MiMo-V2.5-Pro 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-Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Kimi K2.5.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Frequently Asked Questions (4)

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

MiMo-V2.5-Pro is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 82 to 68. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 30.1% and 48%.

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

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.1 versus 48. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Kimi K2.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 64.2 versus 57.2. 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-Pro?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.4 versus 54.6. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 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$2,475
Self-host / mo$5,221
Break-even146M/day
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
API / mo$3,000
Self-host / moN/A
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: April 22, 2026

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