Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi

50.3

Rank #49 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.1 MiniMax

38.9

Rank #178 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 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 16.6.
  • 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-ProMiniMax-M2.1
ProviderXiaomiMiniMax
Noometry Index50.338.9
Released2026-09-212025-12-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.43$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.87$1.20
Results tracked1922

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena WebDev16291384
LMArena Coding15341421
ALE-Bench1,158623.83
SciCode60.9%—

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

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35), MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
Terminal-Bench—36.6%
APEX-Agents59.5%—

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Hard Prompts15121411
NYT Connections (extended)—11.2%
CritPt26.6%—

Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Math14941397
ProofBench70%—

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Expert15431431
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43), MiniMax-M2.1: —

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Vision1264—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Non-English14741378
LMArena Chinese15291430
LMArena Russian14801387
LMArena French—1404
LMArena German—1381
LMArena Japanese—1287
LMArena Korean—1298
LMArena Spanish—1397

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Instruction Following14931400

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Longer Query15011416

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Text14921392
LMArena Creative Writing14681361
LMArena Multi-Turn14641396

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than MiniMax-M2.1?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 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-M2.1 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 40.4 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-M2.1 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.

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