Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs MiniMax-M2

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 13 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi

50.3

Rank #49 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2

MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 43.1 to 19.4.
Both cost about the same: $0.43 input and $0.87 output per million tokens.
MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-Pro and MiniMax-M2 specifications
	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
Provider	Xiaomi	MiniMax
Noometry Index	50.3	37.4
Released	2026-09-21	2025-10-27
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	1.05M	205K
Max output	131K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.43	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$0.87	$1.20
Results tracked	19	21

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
LMArena WebDev	1629	1297
LMArena Coding	1534	1370
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)	—	61%
SciCode	60.9%	—
ALE-Bench	1,158	—

Agentic & Tool Use MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35), MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench	—	30%
APEX-Agents	59.5%	—
Vending-Bench 2	—	160.6

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Hard Prompts	1512	1357
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	57.8%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	14.8%
CritPt	26.6%	—

Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Math	1494	1352
ProofBench	70%	—

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert	1543	1337

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43), MiniMax-M2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Vision	1264	—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English	1474	1313
LMArena Chinese	1529	1366
LMArena Russian	1480	1331
LMArena French	—	1335
LMArena German	—	1355
LMArena Spanish	—	1326

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following	1493	1328

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query	1501	1331

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	MiniMax-M2
LMArena Text	1492	1340
LMArena Creative Writing	1468	1286
LMArena Multi-Turn	1464	1361

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than MiniMax-M2?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 39.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and MiniMax-M2 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.