Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Nova 2 Lite

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi

50.3

Rank #49 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 9 categories and Nova 2 Lite 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 37.5.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper at $0.43 / $0.87 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
ProviderXiaomiAmazon
Noometry Index50.339.7
Released2026-09-212025-12-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output131K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.43$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.87$2.50
Results tracked1919

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding15341385
LMArena WebDev1629—
SciCode60.9%—
ALE-Bench1,158—

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

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
APEX-Agents59.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts15121364
CritPt26.6%—

Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
LMArena Math14941359
ProofBench70%—

Knowledge Too close to call

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
LMArena Expert15431358
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43), Nova 2 Lite: —

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
LMArena Vision1264—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English14741337
LMArena Chinese15291364
LMArena Russian14801343
LMArena French—1381
LMArena German—1343
LMArena Japanese—1271
LMArena Korean—1284
LMArena Spanish—1373

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following14931335

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query15011335

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text14921362
LMArena Creative Writing14681291
LMArena Multi-Turn14641338

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Nova 2 Lite?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Nova 2 Lite?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Nova 2 Lite share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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