Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 63.1 to 27.6.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 27.9 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1093 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | — |
| SciCode | 51.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 15.5% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | 1072 |
| CritPt | 12% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 26.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 34.7% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| LiveBench | — | 22.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1468 | 1111 |
| ProofBench | 63% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 15.7% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1501 | 1045 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1021 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | 1076 |
| LMArena Russian | 1409 | 1022 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1085 |
| LMArena German | — | 1044 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 935 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 905 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1053 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 39.1% |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1044 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | 1018 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 9.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.