Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 53.2 to 36.7.
- Both cost about the same: $0.43 input and $0.87 output per million tokens.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 46.7 | 37.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 53.2 (#27), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 36.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1618 | — |
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1538 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 21.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 30.4 (#76), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 27.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1511 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.92 |
Math Too close to call
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.9 (#91), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.9 (#90)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1497 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.0 (#85), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.4 (#63)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1548 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.2 (#40), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1265 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 57.0 (#15), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1474 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1532 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1481 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#10), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1490 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#26), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1500 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.9 (#32), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1491 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1463 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B-A3B lists at $0.25 and $1.49.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.2 versus 36.7 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 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.