Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Ministral 8B
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 42.2 to 12.6.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2.6-Flash.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1202 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | — |
| SciCode | 51.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | 1191 |
| CritPt | 12% | — |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1468 | 1188 |
| ProofBench | 63% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1501 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Ministral 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1409 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | — |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1161 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Ministral 8B?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Ministral 8B?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash lists at $0.14 and $0.28.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Ministral 8B better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Ministral 8B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.