Model comparison
MiMo-V2-Flash vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2-Flash costs 5.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 42.5 to 36.1.
- MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2 for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
- MiMo-V2-Flash accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2-Flash | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.3 | 43.0 |
| Released | 2025-12-16 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 66K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 36.1 (#211), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1443 | 1440 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1330 | — |
| SciCode | 25.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 737.95 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 24.9 (#157), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1420 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
Math Too close to call
MiMo-V2-Flash: 38.3 (#139), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1396 | 1440 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
Knowledge Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 39.7 (#131), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1425 | 1417 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 51.0 (#113), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1392 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1462 | 1460 |
| LMArena French | 1429 | 1413 |
| LMArena German | 1395 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1325 | 1395 |
| LMArena Korean | 1358 | 1364 |
| LMArena Russian | 1387 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1420 | 1435 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Flash leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 73.5 (#120), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1392 | 1389 |
| IFEval | — | 81% |
Long Context MiMo-V2-Flash leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 43.0 (#110), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1409 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Flash leads
MiMo-V2-Flash: 59.7 (#106), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1411 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1375 | 1334 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1404 | 1416 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2-Flash better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2-Flash costs 5.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Flash or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
MiMo-V2-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct lists at $0.50 and $2.
Is MiMo-V2-Flash or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2-Flash does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Flash and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.