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DeepSeek V3.2 vs MiMo-V2.5

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 19 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek · profile
MiMo-V2.5
Xiaomi · profile
Results compared
19
Shared sources
3

DeepSeek V3.2 or MiMo-V2.5? The short answer

  • MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper: $0.21 against $0.46 per million tokens, 2.2 times less.
  • MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 25.2 against 21.5.
  • On our business benchmarks, DeepSeek V3.2 ranks higher for agents and tool use and sticking to the facts.
  • On our business benchmarks, MiMo-V2.5 ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and writing.

At a glance

DeepSeek V3.2MiMo-V2.5
Price per million tokens$0.30 in · $0.96 out$0.17 in · $0.34 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.46$0.21
Cheapest host, blended$0.23 (GMICloud, FP8)$0.15 (GMICloud, FP8)
Intelligence Index21.525.2
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second––
Context window163,840 tokens1,050,000 tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inChinaChina

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.

Use caseDeepSeek V3.2MiMo-V2.5
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 83 of 161 95 of 161
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 81 of 195 74 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 64 of 187 60 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 56 of 153 83 of 153

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricDeepSeek V3.2MiMo-V2.5
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4371,439
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,4231,441
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,4001,394
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,4531,470
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,4201,430
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4251,434
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,4101,412
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score 44.256.8
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 21.525.2
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 84.0%84.9%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 24.6%27.2%
Artificial AnalysisreportedIFBench% of instructions 60.7%67.1%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 73.3%73.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks 46.8%63.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench Hard% of tasks 35.6%41.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ²-bench telecom% of tasks 90.6%90.6%
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 26.0%16.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.360.40
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 57.356.4

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.

Quick answers

Is DeepSeek V3.2 better than MiMo-V2.5?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, DeepSeek V3.2 ranks higher for agents and tool use and sticking to the facts; MiMo-V2.5 ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and writing.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.21 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $0.46 for DeepSeek V3.2.

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