Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2-Flash vs Mistral Small 3

MiMo-V2-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2-Flash Xiaomi

41.3

Rank #138 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #278 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2-Flash leads 59.7 to 32.2.
  • Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2-Flash.
  • MiMo-V2-Flash accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

MiMo-V2-FlashMistral Small 3
ProviderXiaomiMistral AI
Noometry Index41.331.2
Released2025-12-162025-01-30
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K33K
Max output66K16K
Input $ / M tokens$0.14$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$0.28$0.08
Results tracked2124

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

MiMo-V2-Flash: 36.1 (#211), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Coding14431246
LMArena WebDev1330—
SciCode25.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—45.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.4%
ALE-Bench737.95—

Reasoning MiMo-V2-Flash leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 24.9 (#157), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Hard Prompts14201233
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
Epoch Capabilities Index—127.07

Math MiMo-V2-Flash leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 38.3 (#139), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Math13961240
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—6.7%

Knowledge MiMo-V2-Flash leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 39.7 (#131), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Expert14251202
GPQA Diamond—47.3%
Confabulations—25.2%

Multilingual MiMo-V2-Flash leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 51.0 (#113), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Non-English13921198
LMArena Chinese14621204
LMArena French14291203
LMArena German13951211
LMArena Japanese13251111
LMArena Korean13581188
LMArena Russian13871216
LMArena Spanish1420—

Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Flash leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 73.5 (#120), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Instruction Following13921214

Long Context MiMo-V2-Flash leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 43.0 (#110), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Longer Query14091246

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Flash leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 59.7 (#106), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Text14111234
LMArena Creative Writing13751195
LMArena Multi-Turn14041217
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—707

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2-Flash better than Mistral Small 3?

MiMo-V2-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Flash or Mistral Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Flash lists at $0.14 and $0.28.

Is MiMo-V2-Flash or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (36.1 vs 36.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2-Flash does, with 262K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Flash and Mistral Small 3 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.

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