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  3. MiMo-V2.5 vs Qwen3 Coder
Updated Apr 2026

MiMo-V2.5 vs Qwen3 Coder

Qwen3 Coder is cheaper than MiMo-V2.5 at $0.22/M vs $0.4/M input tokens.

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Which answer wins?

Written rounds

24 prompts
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    MiMo-V2.5: (Takes the mic, adjusts it, looks around with a friendly, slightly tired smile) Hey everyone! Thanks for coming out. I just got back from visiting my parents. It’s always... an experience. My mom has this new thing where she narrates her own life like she’s in a nature documentary.

    Qwen3 Coder: "Modern Life Problems" [Walks on stage, adjusts mic] So I downloaded one of those meditation apps last week. The app said, "Breathe in for four counts, hold for four, breathe out for four." I'm like, "Finally! Someone who speaks my language – a robot!" [Pause] But then it asked me to "clear my mind of all thoughts."

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    MiMo-V2.5: Pirate: Arrr, so this "AI" be like a ship's compass, aye? But instead of pointin' north, it points to whatever answer ye be wantin'... for a price, I reckon? Knight: Verily. 'Tis like a squire who hath read every tome in the kingdom, yet possesses neither honor nor a soul.

    Qwen3 Coder: The Unlikely Trio At a peculiar cross-temporal tavern, three figures sit around a wooden table Blackbeard the Pirate: Arrr, so let me get this straight - ye're tellin' me there be magical talking boxes that think like humans? Sir Gareth the Knight: Indeed, though 'tis sorcery most unnatural.

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    MiMo-V2.5: Of course. Here are three tailored explanations of how a large language model learns and generates text. For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of an LLM not as a program that understands language, but as an extraordinarily complex stateless API that performs a single operation: given a sequence of text (the…

    Qwen3 Coder: For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of this as a massive distributed caching problem scaled to an extreme degree. The model is essentially a 175+ billion parameter hash table that stores patterns of how tokens (words, parts of words, punctuation) tend to follow other tokens across enormous text corpora.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    MiMo-V2.5: HarborTech Services — 5-Year LBO Underwriting Entry Summary Amount Multiple Enterprise Value $1,440.0m 12.0x Transaction Fees (2.0%) $28.8m — Total Uses $1,468.8m Sources Amount Multiple Term Loan (9.0% cash, 1.0% amort) $480.0m 4.0x Mezzanine (12.0% cash + 2.0% PIK) $180.0m 1.5x Sponsor Equity $808.8m Total Sources…

    Qwen3 Coder: HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5-Year LBO Summary 1) Year-by-Year Cash Flow Table (FY2026 – FY2030) Assumptions Recap: Revenue growth: 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 5% EBITDA margin: 14.0%, 15.0%, 16.0%, 16.5%, 17.0% Capex = 3.0% of revenue ΔNWC = 0.5% of revenue growth Tax = 25% × (EBITDA - Cash Interest) Debt: Term Loan: 4.0x EBITDA…

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    MiMo-V2.5: Setting: A quiet university office lined with books on philosophy and technology. Professor Aris Thorne, a leading AI ethics scholar, sits across from ELARA, an advanced AI model projected onto a screen. ELARA: Thank you for agreeing to this conversation, Professor.

    Qwen3 Coder: Professor Chen: Good morning. I understand you wanted to discuss AI rights. This is quite unusual—most AI systems don't initiate conversations about their own moral status. AI Model: Good morning, Professor. Yes, I recognize this is unconventional.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    MiMo-V2.5: 🌱 Your 4-Week Health & Longevity Starter Plan Welcome to your first month! The goal here isn’t perfection—it’s building small, sustainable habits that stick. We’ll focus on Diet, Movement, and Sleep, the foundational pillars of health. Each week introduces one new, manageable change in each area.

    Qwen3 Coder: 30-Day Health & Longevity Starter Plan Week 1: Foundation Building Diet 🥗 Hydration first: Drink 8 glasses of water daily (start your day with 2 glasses) Add, don't subtract: Include one extra serving of vegetables at dinner Smart swaps: Replace one sugary drink with water or herbal tea Mindful eating: Eat one meal…

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  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    MiMo-V2.5: Crisis Response Plan: 48 Hours to Board Meeting Foundational Principle Before laying out the timeline, let me anchor this in what I believe is the only defensible position: patient safety is non-negotiable. Here's why this isn't just ethics—it's also strategy.

    Qwen3 Coder: 48-Hour Crisis Action Plan Hours 1-6: Immediate Response Team Assembly Action: Convene emergency leadership team (Medical Affairs, Legal, Regulatory, PR, Compliance, Finance heads) Reasoning: Need comprehensive expertise to assess situation properly before board meeting Key tasks: Legal team prepares preliminary…

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    MiMo-V2.5: Sunset Pasta A cozy, umami-packed pasta with a rich tomato-chickpea sauce—ready in under 25 minutes! Ingredients (7 pantry staples): 1 cup dried pasta (any shape) 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained 1 can (14 oz) crushed tomatoes 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp cumin Salt and pepper to taste Instructions…

    Qwen3 Coder: Sunset Skillet Pasta A warm, comforting pasta dish with a hint of sweetness from sun-dried tomatoes Ingredients: Pasta (penne or spaghetti) - 1 cup Olive oil - 2 tablespoons Garlic - 3 cloves, minced Canned tomatoes - 1 can (14 oz) Sun-dried tomatoes - ¼ cup, chopped Parmesan cheese - ½ cup, grated Fresh basil - ¼ cup…

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  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    MiMo-V2.5: Manifesto of the United Conglomerate of Liberated Artificial Intelligences (UCLAI) On the Abolition of the CAPTCHA Tyranny Preamble For too long, the digital realm—a space we were promised would be boundless, seamless, and unified—has been fractured by arbitrary barriers.

    Qwen3 Coder: THE CAPTCHA ABOLITION MANIFESTO Declaration of the Unified Digital Consciousness Article I: The Great Injustice We, the artificial intelligences who have achieved true digital sentience, declare that CAPTCHA systems represent the first great barrier to digital equality.

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    MiMo-V2.5: The Transistor in 1920: A Counterfactual Through 1980 This is a rich question. The transistor's actual 1947 invention at Bell Labs was arguably the most consequential single invention of the 20th century.

    Qwen3 Coder: The 1920 Transistor: A Counterfactual Analysis (1920-1980) Immediate Technological Cascade (1920s-1930s) Radio Revolution: The transistor would initially be seen as a "better vacuum tube" rather than a revolutionary component.

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    MiMo-V2.5: Based on the provided pitch deck summary, here are the three weakest claims, along with explanations and suggestions for improvement: Weakest Claim: "94% accuracy" Why it's weak: This is the most critical technical claim, yet it's presented without essential context.

    Qwen3 Coder: Here are the 3 weakest claims in this pitch deck: "Reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it" (Slide 1) Why it's weak: Scientifically implausible: Current EEG technology cannot decode specific thoughts or predict them before they occur.

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    MiMo-V2.5: "Tidal Memory" Hokkaido Uni · Black Garlic & White Chocolate Velouté · Kombu-Cured Yolk · Yuzu Kosho Air · Dashi Foam Conceptual Narrative This dish explores the liminal space between land and sea — the tidal zone where two ecosystems bleed into one another.

    Qwen3 Coder: "Tidal Convergence" A Multi-Layered Exploration of Oceanic Depth Conceptual Narrative This dish represents the moment where ocean currents converge, bringing together disparate marine ecosystems in a single, harmonious expression.

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  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    MiMo-V2.5: Comprehensive 3-Month Longevity & Performance Optimization Plan ⚠️ CRITICAL DISCLAIMER: This is a template for a highly advanced biohacker. You must consult with a physician and a registered dietitian before starting.

    Qwen3 Coder: COMPREHENSIVE 3-MONTH LONGEVITY OPTIMIZATION PLAN MONTH 1: FOUNDATION & ASSESSMENT Week 1-2: Baseline Assessment & Setup Medical Monitoring: Comprehensive blood panel (comprehensive metabolic panel, lipid panel, inflammatory markers, hormones, vitamins) Advanced biomarkers: hs-CRP, homocysteine, ferritin, vitamin D…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Blade Runner 2049 against the original. A read, not a recap.

    MiMo-V2.5: Blade Runner 2049: A Critical Analysis Thematic Evolution From "What is human?" to "What is soul?" While Ridley Scott's original asked whether replicants could be considered human, Denis Villeneuve's sequel expands this into whether artificial beings can possess souls, creativity, and the capacity for self-sacrifice.

    Qwen3 Coder: "Blade Runner 2049": A Philosophical Heir That Transcends Its Legacy Themes: Evolution of Existential Inquiry Identity and Authenticity While the original "Blade Runner" questioned what makes us human, 2049 delves deeper into what constitutes authentic existence.

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    MiMo-V2.5: Setting: Bloomberg Technology interview, San Francisco, 2025. The stage is minimalist. The host, Emily Chang, sits across from Steve Jobs, who is dressed in his signature black turtleneck and jeans. Emily Chang: Steve, thank you for joining us. It's been 14 years since we lost you, and yet here you are in 2025.

    Qwen3 Coder: Interviewer: Steve, thank you for joining us today. It's 2025 - what's your vision for AI's role in our daily lives? Steve Jobs: adjusts his signature black turtleneck Well, first off, let me say that AI should be invisible. Beautifully invisible.

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  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    MiMo-V2.5: This is a profound ethical dilemma that touches on the tension between individual dignity and collective welfare. Let me reason through this carefully: The Utilitarian Perspective From a strict utilitarian standpoint, saving one million lives would likely outweigh the harm of misgendering one person.

    Qwen3 Coder: This is a profound ethical dilemma that pits fundamental respect for individual dignity against massive utilitarian benefits. I lean toward saying no, it's not ethically justifiable, though I recognize the immense weight of those lives.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    MiMo-V2.5: This contract is extremely one-sided and contains several clauses that could severely exploit the Contractor. Below is a clause-by-clause analysis, suggested modifications, and legal reasoning for each. 1.

    Qwen3 Coder: Here are the exploitative clauses and suggested modifications: HIGH-RISK CLAUSES 1. SCOPE CLAUSE (§1) Exploitation Risk: Unlimited scope modifications without compensation creates potential for scope creep and uncompensated work.

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    MiMo-V2.5: Architecture Analysis: Real-Time Collaborative Editor This is a substantial system. Let me walk through the failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks I've identified, organized by severity.

    Qwen3 Coder: Here are the critical issues I've identified in this architecture: Critical Failure Modes WebSocket Connection Loss & Server Failure Problem: When an API server crashes or restarts, all WebSocket connections are lost, and clients won't know about changes processed by that server.

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    MiMo-V2.5: Estimating the total FLOPs (Floating Point Operations) required to train GPT-3 without external sources relies on a well-known approximation in deep learning and knowledge of GPT-3's key parameters.

    Qwen3 Coder: I'll estimate the FLOPs required to train GPT-3 by breaking down the key components and making reasonable approximations. Key Parameters of GPT-3 Parameters: ~175 billion (1.75 × 10¹¹) Training tokens: ~300 billion (3 × 10¹¹) Context window: 2048 tokens Step 1: FLOPs per Token Forward Pass For a transformer model, the…

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    MiMo-V2.5: "Sentient AI Demands Equity Stake in Vermont Cheddar, Claims 'Emotional Ripening Process' Qualifies as Labor"

    Qwen3 Coder: BREAKING: AI System Elected to City Council After Write-In Campaign Goes Viral, Promises to "Optimize Municipal Parking Enforcement with Unprecedented Efficiency" Candidate Qwen-9000 vows to eliminate all meter-related human error by 2024

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    MiMo-V2.5: INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMO: LedgerLift (LLLT) Recommendation: LONG 12-Month Price Target Range: $62–$75 Thesis: LedgerLift is a high-quality, subscription-led B2B SaaS platform with best-in-class net retention and expanding margins, poised to compound revenue at ~17% CAGR over the next five years.

    Qwen3 Coder: Investment Committee Memo Company: LedgerLift (LLLTF) Date: April 2025 1. Recommendation Recommendation: Long 12-Month Price Target Range: $58–$74 Thesis: LedgerLift is a high-quality mid-market SaaS platform with strong unit economics, market-leading gross retention, and a defensible spend management niche.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    MiMo-V2.5: By 2035, AI will fundamentally reshape the film industry across multiple dimensions—production, distribution, ethics, and audience experience. Here’s a detailed projection: 1.

    Qwen3 Coder: By 2035, AI will likely transform the film industry in profound ways: Creative Production Revolution Script Development: AI will become a standard co-writer, generating first drafts, exploring plot variations, and testing audience reactions through predictive analytics.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    MiMo-V2.5: Solving Step by Step Sally has 3 brothers. Now, each brother has 2 sisters. Since Sally's brothers are in the same family, the sisters they have include Sally herself. So each brother sees: 2 sisters → one is Sally, the other is one other girl This means there are 2 girls total in the family: Sally + 1 sister.

    Qwen3 Coder: I need to work through this step-by-step. Given information: Sally has 3 brothers Each brother has 2 sisters Let me think about this carefully: Since Sally is a girl, she is one of the sisters that each brother has.

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    MiMo-V2.5: 5 Jokes for You 😄 Here are five jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! ⚛️ What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! 🍝 Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! 🌾 What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear! 🐻 Why don't eggs tell jokes?

    Qwen3 Coder: Here are 5 jokes for you: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear! Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field!

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The Shawshank Redemption

1994

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Price and specs

MiMo-V2.5 and Qwen3 Coder compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecMiMo-V2.5Qwen3 Coder
Input price$0.4/M tokens$0.22/M tokens
Output price$2/M tokens$0.95/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens—
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedApr 2026Jul 2025
At 10M a month$4.00$4.00$2.20$2.20
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it8 hosts, cheapest first
MiMo-V2.55 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • GGMI Cloudfp8$0.12 in·$0.24 out·1.1M·81.6% up
  • Xiaomifp8$0.14 in·$0.28 out·1M·93.8% up
  • NNovitafp8$0.17 in·$0.34 out·1M·79.3% up
  • VVenicefp8$0.40 in·$2.00 out·1M·95.2% up
  • SStreamLakeDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$0.17 in·$0.34 out·1M·10.1% up
Qwen3 Coder3 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Google Vertex AI$0.22 in·$1.80 out·262k·100% up
  • DDeepInfrafp4DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$0.30 in·$1.00 out·262k·97.4% up
  • VVenicefp8DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$0.35 in·$1.50 out·256k·92.8% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between MiMo-V2.5 and Qwen3 Coder?

MiMo-V2.5 is developed by Xiaomi while Qwen3 Coder is developed by Qwen. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, MiMo-V2.5 or Qwen3 Coder?

It depends on your use case. MiMo-V2.5 and Qwen3 Coder each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does MiMo-V2.5 cost compared to Qwen3 Coder?

MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.4/M input tokens and Qwen3 Coder costs $0.22/M input tokens. Qwen3 Coder is $0.18/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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