Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 63.9 to 31.3.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 44.4 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 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 | 13 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.3 (#68), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.4 (#313)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1516 | 1102 |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 29.6 (#82), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 37.4 (#97), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 25.4 (#247)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1477 | 1151 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.0 (#91), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#237)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.2 (#39), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1266 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.6 (#41), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.6 (#267)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1501 | 1061 |
| LMArena Russian | 1424 | 1111 |
| LMArena French | — | 1134 |
| LMArena German | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 77.0 (#33), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 52.2 (#287)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#52), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#262)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1465 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.9 (#61), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.3 (#279)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1459 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1408 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1460 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.