Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs MiniMax-M2.5

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi

48.5

Rank #55 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.3

Rank #188 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 51.9 to 26.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 63% for MiMo-V2.6-Flash and 4% for MiniMax-M2.5.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.5.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-Flash and MiniMax-M2.5 specifications
MiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
ProviderXiaomiMiniMax
Noometry Index48.538.3
Released2026-09-212026-02-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.14$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.28$1.20
Results tracked1933

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena WebDev16371387
LMArena Coding15041381
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—75.8%
SWE-bench Multilingual—68.3%
SciCode51.3%—
ALE-Bench—618.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
Terminal-Bench—42.7%
Vending-Bench 2—-23.16

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts14821372
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—55.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—16.8%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
CritPt12%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.68

Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
ProofBench63%4%
LMArena Math14681378

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Expert15011379
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), MiniMax-M2.5: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Vision1259—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Non-English14341338
LMArena Chinese15111393
LMArena French14751362
LMArena Russian14091358
LMArena Spanish14561354
LMArena German—1362
LMArena Japanese—1171
LMArena Korean—1232

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Instruction Following14631353

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Longer Query14631366
CL-bench—11.4%
CL-bench Life—6.3%

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Text14551359
LMArena Creative Writing14001331
LMArena Multi-Turn14511364
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1361

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than MiniMax-M2.5?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or MiniMax-M2.5?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.5 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 48.1 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-M2.5 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.

Related comparisons

Go deeper