Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2-Flash vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2-Flash costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2-Flash Xiaomi

41.3

Rank #138 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Flash scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3 Max in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 39.7.
  • MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
  • MiMo-V2-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
ProviderXiaomiAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.343.7
Released2025-12-162025-09-23
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K262K
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.14$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$0.28$6
Results tracked2133

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 36.1 (#211), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14431456
ALE-Bench737.95370.45
LMArena WebDev1330—
SciCode25.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiMo-V2-Flash: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning MiMo-V2-Flash leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 24.9 (#157), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14201448
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Too close to call

MiMo-V2-Flash: 38.3 (#139), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Math13961446
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 39.7 (#131), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Expert14251455
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 51.0 (#113), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English13921429
LMArena Chinese14621478
LMArena French14291449
LMArena German13951463
LMArena Japanese13251397
LMArena Korean13581399
LMArena Russian13871428
LMArena Spanish14201462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 73.5 (#120), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13921419

Long Context MiMo-V2-Flash leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 43.0 (#110), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14091438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

MiMo-V2-Flash: 59.7 (#106), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-FlashQwen3 Max
LMArena Text14111439
LMArena Creative Writing13751402
LMArena Multi-Turn14041446

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2-Flash better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2-Flash costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Flash or Qwen3 Max?

MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is MiMo-V2-Flash or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Flash and Qwen3 Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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