Kimi K3 vs MiMo-V2.5 (Comparative Analysis)
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Overview
MiMo-V2.5 was released 2 months before Kimi K3.
 Kimi K3 |  MiMo-V2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | MoonshotAI | Xiaomi |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 1M tokens | 1.1M tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | Not specified tokens | 131.1K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | July 16, 2026 10 days ago July 16th, 2026 | April 22, 2026 3 months ago April 22nd, 2026 |
Capabilities & Features
Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
Kimi K3 | MiMo-V2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text🖼️Image | 📝Text🎵Audio🖼️Image🎬Video |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | Enabled by defaultEffort: Max, High, LowDefault: Max | Optional |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | Other | Other |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Open Source Model availability | Proprietary | Available on HuggingFace → |
Pricing
Kimi K3 is roughly 21.4x more expensive compared to MiMo-V2.5 for input tokens and roughly 53.6x more expensive for output tokens.
| Kimi K3 | MiMo-V2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $3.00 per million tokens | $0.14 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $15.00 per million tokens | $0.28 per million tokens |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | $0.30 per million tokens | $0.0028 per million tokens |
Benchmarks
Compare relevant benchmarks between Kimi K3 and MiMo-V2.5.
| Kimi K3 | MiMo-V2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Overall model quality across independent evaluations | 57.1 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | 37.2 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Coding Index Programming performance across independent evaluations | 76.2 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | 56.8 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Agentic Index Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks | 50.1 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | 23.7 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | 1,458 Elo (#1 in 3D (69.7% win rate)) | 1,291 Elo (#19 in Game Dev (55.3% win rate)) |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes Kimi K3 and MiMo-V2.5 unique.
Kimi K3 by MoonshotAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 1M token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released July 16th, 2026.MiMo-V2.5 by Xiaomi understands both text and images, handles audio, analyzes video, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 1.1M token context window. Very affordable at $0.14/M input and $0.28/M output tokens. Released April 22nd, 2026.Explore More Comparisons
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