Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Mistral Small 3
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Small 3 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 16.3.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 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 33K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 33K |
| Max output | 131K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1246 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | — |
| SciCode | 51.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | 1233 |
| CritPt | 12% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.07 |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1468 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
| ProofBench | 63% | — |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1501 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | 1203 |
| LMArena Russian | 1409 | 1216 |
| LMArena German | — | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | — |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1214 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Mistral Small 3?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash lists at $0.14 and $0.28.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Mistral Small 3 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.