Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Mistral Medium 3.5
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 36.5 to 17.3.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 40.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $7.50 |
| 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 Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1461 |
| SciCode | 51.3% | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| CritPt | 12% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1468 | 1431 |
| ProofBench | 63% | — |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1501 | 1432 |
Multimodal MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | 1223 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | 1448 |
| LMArena Russian | 1409 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1409 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1385 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1415 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Mistral Medium 3.5?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 36.0 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.