Compare / MiMo-V2.5 vs GLM 4.6

MiMo-V2.5 vs GLM 4.6

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 20 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

MiMo-V2.5
Xiaomi · profile
GLM 4.6
Z.ai · profile
Results compared
20
Shared sources
3

MiMo-V2.5 or GLM 4.6? The short answer

  • MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper: $0.21 against $0.88 per million tokens, 4.2 times less.
  • MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 25.2 against 18.5.
  • On our business benchmarks, MiMo-V2.5 ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and writing.
  • On our business benchmarks, GLM 4.6 ranks higher for agents and tool use and sticking to the facts.

At a glance

MiMo-V2.5GLM 4.6
Price per million tokens$0.17 in · $0.34 out$0.50 in · $2.00 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.21$0.88
Cheapest host, blended$0.15 (GMICloud, FP8)$0.76 (Venice, FP4)
Intelligence Index25.218.5
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second––
Context window1,050,000 tokens204,800 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 caseMiMo-V2.5GLM 4.6
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 95 of 161 52 of 161
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 74 of 195 104 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 60 of 187 76 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 83 of 153 70 of 153

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricMiMo-V2.5GLM 4.6
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4391,447
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,4411,412
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3941,400
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,4701,439
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,4301,412
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4341,424
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,4121,405
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score 56.845.8
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 25.218.5
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 84.9%78.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 27.2%14.5%
Artificial AnalysisreportedIFBench% of instructions 67.1%43.4%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 73.0%54.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks 63.7%49.4%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench Hard% of tasks 41.7%28.8%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ-bench banking% of tasks 8.7%13.4%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ²-bench telecom% of tasks 90.6%76.9%
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 16.0%13.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.400.38
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 56.453.3

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 MiMo-V2.5 better than GLM 4.6?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, MiMo-V2.5 ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and writing; GLM 4.6 ranks higher for agents and tool use and sticking to the facts.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.5 or GLM 4.6?

MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.21 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $0.88 for GLM 4.6.

Run MiMo-V2.5 and GLM 4.6 on your own prompt

Benchmarks aren't your data. Try both side by side in the playground, with the cost of every answer.