Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and MiMo-V2.6-Pro in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 43.1 to 8.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 0.3% for Magistral Medium and 26.6% for MiMo-V2.6-Pro.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper at $0.43 / $0.87 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2026-09-21 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 16K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.43 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | $0.87 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 39.2% | 60.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1534 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1629 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,158 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Magistral Medium: —, MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 59.5% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | 26.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1512 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1494 |
| ProofBench | — | 70% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1543 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Magistral Medium: —, MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1264 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1474 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1529 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1480 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | — |
| LMArena German | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | — |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1493 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1501 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1492 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1468 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1464 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Magistral Medium or MiMo-V2.6-Pro better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and MiMo-V2.6-Pro share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19.