Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Ministral 8B

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 5.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 12 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi

46.7

Rank #55 Confirmed

Ministral 8B

Mistral AI

27.8

Rank #321 Confirmed

Summary

They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 43.0 to 12.5.
Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $0.43 / $0.87 for MiMo-V2.6-Pro.
MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Ministral 8B specifications
	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
Provider	Xiaomi	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	46.7	27.8
Released	2026-09-22	2024-10-01
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	1.05M	128K
Max output	131K	128K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.43	$0.10
Output $ / M tokens	$0.87	$0.10
Results tracked	14	17

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 53.2 (#27), Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
LMArena Coding	1538	1202
LMArena WebDev	1618	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: —, Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	—	11.1%

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 30.4 (#76), Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts	1511	1191
DTBench	—	45.7%

Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.9 (#91), Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
LMArena Math	1497	1188
MATH Level 5	—	14.9%

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.0 (#85), Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
LMArena Expert	1548	1170
GPQA Diamond	—	27.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	7.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.2 (#40), Ministral 8B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
LMArena Vision	1265	—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 57.0 (#15), Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
LMArena Non-English	1474	1165
LMArena Chinese	1532	1193
LMArena Russian	1481	1195

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#10), Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
LMArena Instruction Following	1490	1161

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#26), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
LMArena Longer Query	1500	1212

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.9 (#32), Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Ministral 8B
LMArena Text	1491	1191
LMArena Creative Writing	1465	1175
LMArena Multi-Turn	1463	1166

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Ministral 8B?

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Ministral 8B?

Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Ministral 8B better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.2 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Ministral 8B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.