Model comparison
MiMo-V2-Pro vs Mistral Small 3.1
MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.4 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2-Pro leads 62.9 to 37.2.
- Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper at $0.35 / $0.56 per million input/output tokens, against $0.43 / $0.87 for MiMo-V2-Pro.
- MiMo-V2-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.4 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2026-03-18 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 102K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $0.56 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 43.4 (#76), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.7 (#175)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1476 | 1309 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1433 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 785.17 | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 21.3 (#200), Mistral Small 3.1: 18.9 (#249)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1457 | 1278 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 25.8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| Thematic Generalization | 45.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.48 |
Math MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 36.7 (#104), Mistral Small 3.1: 13.7 (#295)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1447 | 1261 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 3.9% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 40.8 (#106), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#266)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1479 | 1258 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2-Pro: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 32.6 (#93)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1136 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 52.9 (#77), Mistral Small 3.1: 41.4 (#204)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1416 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1455 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1470 | 1270 |
| LMArena German | 1417 | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1366 | 1210 |
| LMArena Korean | 1401 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1427 | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1458 | 1283 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 76.2 (#46), Mistral Small 3.1: 63.8 (#225)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1444 | 1264 |
| IFEval | — | 75% |
Long Context MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.5 (#133), Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#172)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1455 | 1300 |
| CL-bench | 15.7% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 6.9% | — |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Pro leads
MiMo-V2-Pro: 62.9 (#67), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.2 (#254)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1436 | 1278 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1415 | 1253 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1270 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2-Pro better than Mistral Small 3.1?
MiMo-V2-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.4 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Pro or Mistral Small 3.1?
Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $0.56 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Is MiMo-V2-Pro or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?
MiMo-V2-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Pro and Mistral Small 3.1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Pro has 23 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.