Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen3.5 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.4 vs 44.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 5 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.4 | 44.7 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.3 (#68), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1516 | 1488 |
Reasoning Too close to call
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 29.6 (#82), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1483 |
Math Too close to call
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 37.4 (#97), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1477 | 1473 |
Knowledge Too close to call
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.0 (#91), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | 1489 |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.2 (#39), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1266 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.6 (#41), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1501 | 1534 |
| LMArena Russian | 1424 | 1472 |
| LMArena French | — | 1483 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1467 |
Long Context Too close to call
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#52), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1465 | 1477 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.9 (#61), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1459 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1408 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1460 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen3.5 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.4 vs 44.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (44.3 vs 43.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.