Model comparison
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 vs Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Two Xiaomi tiers compared on the figures that decide which one a workload actually needs.
Catalog record checked September 2, 2026Individual provider fields may changeEvidence confidence: High — see receipts below
Xiaomi
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5
Balanced · Open weights
Xiaomi
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Frontier · Open weights
| Specification | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Xiaomi |
| Tier | Balanced | Frontier |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | Not verifiedUnverified | Not verifiedUnverified |
| Input / 1M tokens | Winner: $0.40 | $1 |
| Output / 1M tokens | Winner: $2 | $3 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Parameters | 310B total / 15B active (MoE) | 1.02T total / 42B active (MoE) |
| Reasoning levels | low, high, max | low, high, max |
| Modalities | text, image | text, image |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| API model id | mimo-v2-5 | mimo-v2-5-pro |
| Released | April 22, 2026 | April 22, 2026 |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (2026-08-14) | 49 | Winner: 52 |
Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Bold indicates the better figure where one is objectively better. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.
Benchmark receipts
- 2026-08-14: Artificial AnalysisComposite index blending reasoning, knowledge, and coding evals into one 0–100 score. Comparability: directly comparable — AA occasionally rebaselines the index scale between snapshots — a score captured on one date is only comparable to same-snapshot scores (check measuredAt).
Pricing tiers: Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5: $0.40/$2.00 per MTok; open weights (MIT). 310B/15B active MoE, native multimodal. · Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro: $1.00/$3.00 per MTok up to 256K prompt; $2.00/$6.00 above 256K (to 1M). Open weights (MIT). 1.02T/42B active MoE, native multimodal.
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5
MiMo-V2.5 is Xiaomi's open-weight (MIT) 310B/15B MoE with native multimodal and a 1M context.
Best for
- Open-weight deployments
- Multimodal
- Long-context
Watch out
A step below the Pro variant; verify weights/pricing.
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro
MiMo-V2.5-Pro is Xiaomi's open-weight (MIT) 1.02T MoE with native multimodal and a 1M context.
Best for
- Open-weight frontier
- Multimodal
- Long-context
Watch out
Verify weights/pricing on your endpoint.
When the cheaper one wins
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper on output at $2 per million tokens against $3 for Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro — about 1.5×. Use the cheaper tier for classification, extraction, summarisation, and any task where the expensive model’s extra score does not change the accepted output. The expensive one only pays if your hardest task actually fails on the cheap tier. These are standard-tier API rates, excluding batch and cache discounts.
Run the model pickerEvidence confidence: High
How strong and complete the evidence behind this comparison is — not a prediction of which model is better.
- Pricing verified on both sides — Input and output rates are verified for both models.
- 4/5 core specs verified on both sides — Not published for at least one side: max output.
- 1 shared named benchmark with differing scores — Measured on: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
- Verified within the last 90 days — Newest catalog check was 9 days ago.
- Both models carry source citations — Each side has at least two catalog sources on record.
Source receipts
Each catalog figure was checked against the provider or an independent second source on the date shown.
- Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5: Xiaomi — MiMo V2.5 (accessed 2026-08-29)
- Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5: Xiaomi MiMo (accessed 2026-08-29)
- Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro: Xiaomi — MiMo V2.5 (accessed 2026-08-29)
- Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro: Xiaomi MiMo (accessed 2026-08-29)
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Common questions
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 vs Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.
Is Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 or Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro cheaper for input?
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper at $0.40 per million input tokens, against $1 for Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro — roughly 2.5× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 has tiered pricing: $0.40/$2.00 per MTok; open weights (MIT). 310B/15B active MoE, native multimodal. Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro has tiered pricing: $1.00/$3.00 per MTok up to 256K prompt; $2.00/$6.00 above 256K (to 1M). Open weights (MIT). 1.02T/42B active MoE, native multimodal.
Is Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 or Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro cheaper for output?
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 is cheaper at $2 per million output tokens, against $3 for Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro — roughly 1.5× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 has tiered pricing: $0.40/$2.00 per MTok; open weights (MIT). 310B/15B active MoE, native multimodal. Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro has tiered pricing: $1.00/$3.00 per MTok up to 256K prompt; $2.00/$6.00 above 256K (to 1M). Open weights (MIT). 1.02T/42B active MoE, native multimodal.
Which has the larger context window, Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 or Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro?
Both accept about 1M tokens of context, so document length will not decide between them.
Do Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro support the same reasoning levels?
Yes — both accept the same effort settings: "low", "high", "max". Higher effort costs more and takes longer, so start low and raise it only where output quality actually improves.
Should I use Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 or Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro?
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 is the balanced tier and Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro the frontier tier. The useful question is whether your hardest task actually fails on the cheaper one — most production volume such as classification, extraction and summarisation does not.
Next step
Choosing between them
The verified figures that separate this pair, computed from the catalog rather than restated boilerplate.
- Input price: Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.40 per 1M tokens versus $1 for Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro — a 2.5x difference at the headline tier.
- Measured capability: Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 52 to 49 (measured 2026-08-14).
- Positioning: Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 sits in the balanced tier, Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro in the frontier tier — most production volume (classification, extraction, summarisation) does not need the pricier tier.
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