Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 44.3 to 33.5.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $2 for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.4 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 2026-02-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.3 (#68), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1516 | 1410 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1254 |
| SciCode | — | 29.3% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 29.6 (#82), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 23.9 (#158)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1400 |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 10% |
| DTBench | — | 80% |
| LMCA | — | 29.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.52 |
Math Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 37.4 (#97), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 38.4 (#86)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1477 | 1404 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.0 (#91), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.7 (#73)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.5% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.2 (#39), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1266 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.6 (#41), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.2 (#122)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | 1379 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1501 | 1458 |
| LMArena Russian | 1424 | 1377 |
| LMArena French | — | 1412 |
| LMArena German | — | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1326 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1354 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1390 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 73.0 (#123)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1379 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#52), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#122)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1465 | 1390 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.9 (#61), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 58.1 (#118)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1459 | 1395 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1408 | 1347 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1460 | 1391 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 35B-A3B lists at $0.25 and $2.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.