Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen3 8B
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 29.6 to 16.1.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $0.70 for Qwen3 8B.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.4 | 33.3 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.3 (#68), Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1516 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —, Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 29.6 (#82), Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 37.4 (#97), Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1477 | — |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.0 (#91), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.2 (#39), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1266 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.6 (#41), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1501 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1424 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | — |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#52), Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1465 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.9 (#61), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1408 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1460 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Qwen3 8B?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3 8B?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3 8B lists at $0.18 and $0.70.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.
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 Qwen3 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.