Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs MiMo-V2-Flash

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2-Flash costs 9.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

MiMo-V2-Flash Xiaomi

41.3

Rank #138 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 8 categories and MiMo-V2-Flash in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Kimi K2.6 leads 57.0 to 38.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 53.5% for Kimi K2.6 and 25.9% for MiMo-V2-Flash.
  • MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.95 / $4 for Kimi K2.6.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6 and MiMo-V2-Flash specifications
Kimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
ProviderMoonshot AIXiaomi
Noometry Index47.741.3
Released2026-04-202025-12-16
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output262K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.95$0.14
Output $ / M tokens$4$0.28
Results tracked5121

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), MiMo-V2-Flash: 36.1 (#211)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena WebDev15091330
SciCode53.5%25.9%
LMArena Coding14881443
ALE-Bench1,093737.95
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
WeirdML55.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), MiMo-V2-Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
OSWorld 2.04.6%—
ExploitBench18.4%—
GBAEval0.9%—
GDP.pdf12%—
Vending-Bench 26,205—

Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55), MiMo-V2-Flash: 24.9 (#157)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
CritPt8%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14701420
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA37.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.05—

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41), MiMo-V2-Flash: 38.3 (#139)

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), MiMo-V2-Flash: 39.7 (#131)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Expert14911425
GPQA Diamond90.8%—
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), MiMo-V2-Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), MiMo-V2-Flash: 51.0 (#113)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Non-English14461392
LMArena Chinese15211462
LMArena French14711429
LMArena German14501395
LMArena Japanese14431325
LMArena Korean14271358
LMArena Russian14461387
LMArena Spanish14641420

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), MiMo-V2-Flash: 73.5 (#120)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following14511392

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), MiMo-V2-Flash: 43.0 (#110)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Longer Query14681409

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), MiMo-V2-Flash: 59.7 (#106)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2.6MiMo-V2-Flash
LMArena Text14551411
LMArena Creative Writing14341375
LMArena Multi-Turn14531404
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than MiMo-V2-Flash?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2-Flash costs 9.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Kimi K2.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Kimi K2.6 or MiMo-V2-Flash?

MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Kimi K2.6 lists at $0.95 and $4.

Is Kimi K2.6 or MiMo-V2-Flash better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and MiMo-V2-Flash share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2-Flash has 21.

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