Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi

46.7

Rank #55 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.4

Rank #324 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct 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 27.7.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
MiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderXiaomiMicrosoft
Noometry Index46.727.4
Released2026-09-222024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.43—
Output $ / M tokens$0.87—
Results tracked1435

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 53.2 (#27), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.1 (#319)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding15381093
LMArena WebDev1618—
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 30.4 (#76), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 13.6 (#326)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts15111072
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
HellaSwag—76.7%
LiveBench—22.4%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.9 (#91), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 24.5 (#258)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Math14971111
LiveBench Math—15.7%

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.0 (#85), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.9 (#241)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert15481045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.2 (#40), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1265—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 57.0 (#15), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14741021
LMArena Chinese15321021
LMArena Russian14811022
LMArena French—1075
LMArena German—1044
LMArena Japanese—935
LMArena Korean—905
LMArena Spanish—1084

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#10), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 48.0 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14901053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#26), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#271)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query15001044

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.9 (#32), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.7 (#295)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text14911073
LMArena Creative Writing14651037
LMArena Multi-Turn14631018
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.2 versus 26.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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