Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Mistral
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral 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 22.3.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1162 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | — |
| SciCode | 51.3% | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | 1149 |
| CritPt | 12% | — |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1468 | 1180 |
| ProofBench | 63% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1501 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | 1180 |
| LMArena Russian | 1409 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1143 |
| LMArena German | — | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1032 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Mistral?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Mistral better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Mistral share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.