Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Nova 2 Lite

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi

48.5

Rank #55 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 51.9 to 37.5.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
ProviderXiaomiAmazon
Noometry Index48.539.7
Released2026-09-212025-12-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output131K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.14$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.28$2.50
Results tracked1919

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding15041385
LMArena WebDev1637—
SciCode51.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts14821364
CritPt12%—

Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Math14681359
ProofBench63%—

Knowledge Too close to call

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Expert15011358
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Nova 2 Lite: —

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Vision1259—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English14341337
LMArena Chinese15111364
LMArena French14751381
LMArena Russian14091343
LMArena Spanish14561373
LMArena German—1343
LMArena Japanese—1271
LMArena Korean—1284

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following14631335

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query14631335

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text14551362
LMArena Creative Writing14001291
LMArena Multi-Turn14511338

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Nova 2 Lite?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Nova 2 Lite?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Nova 2 Lite share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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