Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen3.5 Plus
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 46.0 to 42.2.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 42.9 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | — |
| SciCode | 51.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 12% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.78 |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | 63% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1468 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1501 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | — |
| LMArena French | 1475 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1409 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | — |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Qwen3.5 Plus?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3.5 Plus?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus lists at $0.40 and $2.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.