Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Phi-4 Mini

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi

48.5

Rank #55 Confirmed

Phi-4 Mini Microsoft

30.9

Rank #283 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Phi-4 Mini in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 53.4 to 28.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 51.3% for MiMo-V2.6-Flash and 10.8% for Phi-4 Mini.
  • Phi-4 Mini is cheaper at $0.075 / $0.30 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 128K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Phi-4 Mini specifications
MiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
ProviderXiaomiMicrosoft
Noometry Index48.530.9
Released2026-09-212024-12-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M128K
Max output131K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.14$0.075
Output $ / M tokens$0.28$0.30
Results tracked193

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
SciCode51.3%10.8%
LMArena WebDev1637—
LMArena Coding1504—

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
CritPt12%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1482—

Math Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Phi-4 Mini: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
ProofBench63%—
LMArena Math1468—

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
Vectara Hallucination Rate—23.5%
LMArena Expert1501—

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Phi-4 Mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Vision1259—

Multilingual Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Phi-4 Mini: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Non-English1434—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1475—
LMArena Russian1409—
LMArena Spanish1456—

Instruction Following Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Phi-4 Mini: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Instruction Following1463—

Long Context Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Phi-4 Mini: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Longer Query1463—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Phi-4 Mini: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-FlashPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Text1455—
LMArena Creative Writing1400—
LMArena Multi-Turn1451—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Phi-4 Mini?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Phi-4 Mini?

Phi-4 Mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash lists at $0.14 and $0.28.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Phi-4 Mini share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.

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