Agentic
Like-for-like- MAI-Thinking-1
- 46.0
- MiMo-V2.5
- 65.8
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- MiMo-V2.5 leads
MAI-Thinking-1 vs MiMo-V2.5
Updated August 13, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
MiMo-V2.5 has the higher public score estimate, 58.21 versus 50.74, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.
3 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
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.
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
MiMo-V2.5
MiMo-V2.5 leads on the same 1 weighted benchmark row.
Confidence: limited
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
The category averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so they are 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: 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
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
11 MAI-Thinking-1 only
3 Shared
7 MiMo-V2.5 only
- Shared results
- 3
- MAI-Thinking-1 only
- 11
- MiMo-V2.5 only
- 7
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 / 8
1 category uses different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
Coding
Directional only- MAI-Thinking-1
- 65.5
- MiMo-V2.5
- 56.1
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 1 rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Reasoning
Not comparable- MAI-Thinking-1
- Not measured
- MiMo-V2.5
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Knowledge
Not comparable- MAI-Thinking-1
- 72.5
- MiMo-V2.5
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 3 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- MAI-Thinking-1
- 89.7
- MiMo-V2.5
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- MAI-Thinking-1
- Not measured
- MiMo-V2.5
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- MAI-Thinking-1
- Not measured
- MiMo-V2.5
- 79.0
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 2 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Instruction following
Not comparable- MAI-Thinking-1
- 85.0
- MiMo-V2.5
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | MAI-Thinking-1 | MiMo-V2.5 | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 46.0 | 65.8 | Like-for-like1 vs 1 rows | MiMo-V2.5 leads |
| Coding | 65.5 | 56.1 | Directional only2 vs 1 rows | Directional only |
| Reasoning | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | 72.5 | Not measured | Not comparable3 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 89.7 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not measured | 79.0 | Not comparable0 vs 2 rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | 85.0 | Not measured | Not comparable1 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
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.
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Agentic
SWE-bench Pro
Coding
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
- MAI-Thinking-1
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- MiMo-V2.5
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
MAI-Thinking-1 has no comparable published API token rate. MiMo-V2.5 has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- MAI-Thinking-1
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- MiMo-V2.5
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
MAI-Thinking-1 has no comparable published API token rate. MiMo-V2.5 has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- MAI-Thinking-1
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
- MiMo-V2.5
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
MAI-Thinking-1 has no comparable published API token 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.
SpecificationMAI-Thinking-1MiMo-V2.5
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
MAI-Thinking-1
256K
MiMo-V2.5
1M
API model ID
MAI-Thinking-1
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.
MAI-Thinking-1
No comparable hosted API rate
MiMo-V2.5
No comparable hosted API rate
Documented inputs
MAI-Thinking-1
Not sourced
MiMo-V2.5
Not sourced
Documented outputs
MAI-Thinking-1
Not sourced
MiMo-V2.5
Not sourced
Provider availability
MAI-Thinking-1
Not sourced
MiMo-V2.5
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
MAI-Thinking-1
Reasoning
MiMo-V2.5
Reasoning
Weight access
MAI-Thinking-1
Proprietary
MiMo-V2.5
Proprietary
License
MAI-Thinking-1
Proprietary
MiMo-V2.5
Proprietary
Release date
MAI-Thinking-1
2026-06-02
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, 58.21 versus 50.74, 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
MAI-Thinking-146%SourceMiMo-V2.565.8%SourceMiMo-V2.5 leads this result
Claw-Eval
MAI-Thinking-1—MiMo-V2.562.3%SourceNot directly comparable
MM-ClawBench
MAI-Thinking-1—MiMo-V2.523.8%SourceNot directly comparable
Gert Labs
MAI-Thinking-1—MiMo-V2.546.89%SourceNot directly comparable
ResearchClawBench
MAI-Thinking-1—MiMo-V2.516.9%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
LiveCodeBench v6
MAI-Thinking-187.7%SourceMiMo-V2.5—Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Verified
MAI-Thinking-173.5%SourceMiMo-V2.5—Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
MAI-Thinking-152.8%SourceMiMo-V2.556.1%SourceMiMo-V2.5 leads this result
Terminal-Bench 2.0
MAI-Thinking-146.0%SourceMiMo-V2.565.8%SourceMiMo-V2.5 leads this result
Reasoning
Graphwalks BFS 128K
MAI-Thinking-190%SourceMiMo-V2.5—Not directly comparable
Knowledge
Math
Multimodal
Instruction following
IFBench
MAI-Thinking-185%SourceMiMo-V2.5—Not directly comparable
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, MAI-Thinking-1 or MiMo-V2.5?
MiMo-V2.5 has the higher public score estimate, 58.21 versus 50.74, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.
Which is better for coding, MAI-Thinking-1 or MiMo-V2.5?
The current coding averages use different weighted benchmark sets, so BenchLM does not name a winner from them. Read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.
Which is better for agentic tasks, MAI-Thinking-1 or MiMo-V2.5?
MiMo-V2.5 leads the like-for-like agentic tasks comparison across 1 shared weighted benchmark row.
Which costs less, MAI-Thinking-1 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, MAI-Thinking-1 or MiMo-V2.5?
MiMo-V2.5 has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 256K.
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Last updated August 13, 2026
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