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Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 39.3 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi

46.7

Rank #55 Confirmed

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning NVIDIA

39.3

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 66.9 to 48.5.
  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.16 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 262K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
ProviderXiaomiNVIDIA
Noometry Index46.739.3
Released2026-09-222026-08-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output131K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.43$0.06
Output $ / M tokens$0.87$0.16
Results tracked1418

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 53.2 (#27), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Coding15381370
LMArena WebDev1618—

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 30.4 (#76), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts15111335

Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.9 (#91), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Math14971355

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.0 (#85), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Expert15481354

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.2 (#40), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Vision1265—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 57.0 (#15), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Non-English14741292
LMArena Chinese15321356
LMArena Russian14811257
LMArena French—1369
LMArena German—1280
LMArena Japanese—1213
LMArena Korean—1233
LMArena Spanish—1321

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#10), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following14901317

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#26), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Longer Query15001312

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.9 (#32), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Text14911324
LMArena Creative Writing14651254
LMArena Multi-Turn14631327
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1280

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 39.3 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs 6.4× 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 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.2 versus 39.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.

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