Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Mistral
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 54.5 to 22.3.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1534 | 1162 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1629 | — |
| SciCode | 60.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,158 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 59.5% | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1512 | 1149 |
| CritPt | 26.6% | — |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1494 | 1180 |
| ProofBench | 70% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1543 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1474 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1529 | 1109 |
| LMArena Russian | 1480 | 1168 |
| LMArena French | — | 1180 |
| LMArena German | — | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1032 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1143 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1493 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1501 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1492 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1468 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1464 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Mistral?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Mistral better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Mistral share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.