Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 29.6 to 20.0.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $2.80 / $8.40 for Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.4 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $2.80 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $8.40 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.3 (#68), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1516 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 18.4 (#136)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld | — | 5% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 29.6 (#82), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 20.0 (#228)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 36% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 37.4 (#97), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1477 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.0 (#91), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | — |
Multimodal MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.2 (#39), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 32.9 (#92)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1266 | 1107 |
| Video-MME | — | 73.5% |
| GeoBench | — | 62% |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 33.3% |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.6 (#41), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1501 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1424 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#52), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1465 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.9 (#61), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1408 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1460 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct lists at $2.80 and $8.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has 6.