Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Mistral Small 3.2
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3.2 costs 4.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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- The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 54.5 to 26.3.
- Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper at $0.0938 / $0.25 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 256K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 256K |
| Max output | 131K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1629 | — |
| SciCode | 60.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1534 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,158 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 59.5% | — |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| CritPt | 26.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1512 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.74 |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| ProofBench | 70% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1494 | — |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1543 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1474 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1529 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1480 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1493 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1501 | — |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1492 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1468 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1464 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Mistral Small 3.2?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3.2 costs 4.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.0938 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.