Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 53.4 to 35.5.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | 1275 |
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| SciCode | 51.3% | — |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| CritPt | 12% | — |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1468 | 1365 |
| ProofBench | 63% | — |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1501 | 1338 |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | 1398 |
| LMArena Russian | 1409 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1360 |
| LMArena German | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1355 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 35.5 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-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.