Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Mistral Small 3.2
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
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- The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 51.9 to 26.3.
- Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper at $0.0938 / $0.25 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 256K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 256K |
| Max output | 131K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | — |
| SciCode | 51.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| CritPt | 12% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.74 |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| ProofBench | 63% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1468 | — |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1501 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | — |
| LMArena French | 1475 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1409 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | — |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Mistral Small 3.2?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.0938 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash lists at $0.14 and $0.28.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.