# Inkling vs MiMo-V2.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling and MiMo-V2.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-vs-mimo-v2-5
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiMo-V2.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- MiMo-V2.5 leads overall 62 to 52.13.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 67.5 for Inkling and 72.2 for MiMo-V2.5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 47.6% and 60.7%.
- MiMo-V2.5 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | MiMo-V2.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Xiaomi |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 52.13 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 15 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #72/124)
- MiMo-V2.5 public-lane score: 31.9 (Estimated · #83/124)

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiMo-V2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | 60.7% | MiMo-V2.5 |
| CWE-bench v1 | 37.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| MM-ClawBench | Coming soon | 23.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 46.89% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 16.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: MiMo-V2.5
- Inkling public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #80/149)
- MiMo-V2.5 public-lane score: 35.1 (Supported · #77/149)

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiMo-V2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 56.1% | MiMo-V2.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | 81.5% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | 71.0% | Inkling |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 79 (#14/29)
- MiMo-V2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: MiMo-V2.5
- Inkling public-lane score: 67.5 (#35/54)
- MiMo-V2.5 public-lane score: 72.2 (#31/54)

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiMo-V2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | 77.9% | MiMo-V2.5 |
| CharXiv | 82% | 81% | Inkling |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 54.5 (Supported · #62/181)
- MiMo-V2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiMo-V2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | 81.6% | Inkling |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | 82.9% | Inkling |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 87.6 (#35/128)
- MiMo-V2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiMo-V2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 58.3 (#11/12)
- MiMo-V2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling | MiMo-V2.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 33.333% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.878% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling and MiMo-V2.5?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 67.5 for Inkling and 72.2 for MiMo-V2.5.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling cover on BenchLM?

Inkling currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiMo-V2.5 cover on BenchLM?

MiMo-V2.5 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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