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MiniMax M2.7 vs MiMo-V2.5

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 22 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax · profile
MiMo-V2.5
Xiaomi · profile
Results compared
22
Shared sources
3

MiniMax M2.7 or MiMo-V2.5? The short answer

  • MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper: $0.21 against $0.52 per million tokens, 2.5 times less.
  • MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 25.2 against 22.8.
  • On our business benchmarks, MiniMax M2.7 ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge.
  • On our business benchmarks, MiMo-V2.5 ranks higher for agents and tool use, writing and sticking to the facts.

At a glance

MiniMax M2.7MiMo-V2.5
Price per million tokens$0.30 in · $1.20 out$0.17 in · $0.34 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.52$0.21
Cheapest host, blended$0.37 (GMICloud, FP8)$0.15 (GMICloud, FP8)
Intelligence Index22.825.2
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second––
Context window204,800 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 caseMiniMax M2.7MiMo-V2.5
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 100 of 161 95 of 161
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 68 of 195 74 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 108 of 187 60 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 124 of 153 83 of 153

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricMiniMax M2.7MiMo-V2.5
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4221,439
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,4231,441
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3631,394
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,4521,470
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,4071,430
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4151,434
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,3861,412
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score 52.656.8
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 22.825.2
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 87.4%84.9%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 29.6%27.2%
Artificial AnalysisreportedIFBench% of instructions 75.7%67.1%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 78.3%73.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedSciCode% of problems 50.1%43.9%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks 55.4%63.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks 0.0%0.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench Hard% of tasks 39.4%41.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ-bench banking% of tasks 9.9%8.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ²-bench telecom% of tasks 84.8%90.6%
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 36.0%16.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.380.40
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 37.656.4

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 MiniMax M2.7 better than MiMo-V2.5?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, MiniMax M2.7 ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge; MiMo-V2.5 ranks higher for agents and tool use, writing and sticking to the facts.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2.7 or MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.21 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $0.52 for MiniMax M2.7.

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