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Kimi K2.5 vs MiMo-V2-Pro

Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

Kimi K2.5

64

VS

MiMo-V2-Pro

83

0 categoriesvs1 categories

Verified leaderboard positions: Kimi K2.5 #11 · MiMo-V2-Pro unranked

Pick MiMo-V2-Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.5 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Category Radar

Head-to-Head by Category

Category Breakdown

Coding

MiMo-V2-Pro
64.2vs78

+13.8 difference

Operational Comparison

Kimi K2.5

MiMo-V2-Pro

Price (per 1M tokens)

$0.6 / $3

N/A

Speed

45 t/s

N/A

Latency (TTFT)

2.38s

N/A

Context Window

256K

1M

Quick Verdict

Pick MiMo-V2-Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2.5 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

MiMo-V2-Pro is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 83 to 64. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

MiMo-V2-Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 78 against 64.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 76.8% to 78%.

MiMo-V2-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-Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Kimi K2.5.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Frequently Asked Questions (2)

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

MiMo-V2-Pro is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 83 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 76.8% and 78%.

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

MiMo-V2-Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78 versus 64.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified 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-Pro
API / mo$0
Self-host / moN/A
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: May 1, 2026

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