Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs MiniMax-M2

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi

48.5

Rank #55 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 36.5 to 19.4.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
ProviderXiaomiMiniMax
Noometry Index48.537.4
Released2026-09-212025-10-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.14$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.28$1.20
Results tracked1921

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena WebDev16371297
LMArena Coding15041370
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—61%
SciCode51.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —, MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench—30%
Vending-Bench 2—160.6

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Hard Prompts14821357
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.8%
NYT Connections (extended)—14.8%
CritPt12%—

Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Math14681352
ProofBench63%—

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert15011337

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), MiniMax-M2: —

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Vision1259—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English14341313
LMArena Chinese15111366
LMArena French14751335
LMArena Russian14091331
LMArena Spanish14561326
LMArena German—1355

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following14631328

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query14631331

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2
LMArena Text14551340
LMArena Creative Writing14001286
LMArena Multi-Turn14511361

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than MiniMax-M2?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or MiniMax-M2?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 39.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and MiniMax-M2 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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