Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi

48.5

Rank #55 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.1 MiniMax

38.9

Rank #178 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 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 16.6.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.1.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
ProviderXiaomiMiniMax
Noometry Index48.538.9
Released2026-09-212025-12-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.14$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.28$1.20
Results tracked1922

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena WebDev16371384
LMArena Coding15041421
SciCode51.3%—
ALE-Bench—623.83

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
Terminal-Bench—36.6%

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Hard Prompts14821411
NYT Connections (extended)—11.2%
CritPt12%—

Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Math14681397
ProofBench63%—

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Expert15011431
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), MiniMax-M2.1: —

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Vision1259—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Non-English14341378
LMArena Chinese15111430
LMArena French14751404
LMArena Russian14091387
LMArena Spanish14561397
LMArena German—1381
LMArena Japanese—1287
LMArena Korean—1298

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Instruction Following14631400

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Longer Query14631416

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Text14551392
LMArena Creative Writing14001361
LMArena Multi-Turn14511396

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than MiniMax-M2.1?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.1 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 40.4 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-M2.1 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.

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