Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 5.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and MiMo-V2.6-Pro in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 54.5 to 27.8.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.43 / $0.87 for MiMo-V2.6-Pro.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-09-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.43 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.87 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1534 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 1,158 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1629 |
| SciCode | — | 60.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 59.5% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1512 |
| CritPt | — | 26.6% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1494 |
| ProofBench | — | 70% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1543 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1264 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1474 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1529 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1480 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1493 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1501 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1492 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1468 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1464 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 5.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or MiMo-V2.6-Pro better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and MiMo-V2.6-Pro share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19.