Noometry

Model comparison

MiMo-V2-Omni vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

MiMo-V2-Omni is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 40.0 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Omni's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2-Omni Xiaomi

43.6

Rank #88 Confirmed

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning NVIDIA

40.0

Rank #155 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Omni scores higher in 8 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2-Omni leads 61.4 to 48.5.
  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2-Omni.
  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
ProviderXiaomiNVIDIA
Noometry Index43.640.0
Released2026-03-182026-08-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output131K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.14$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$0.28$0.20
Results tracked1818

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2-Omni leads

MiMo-V2-Omni: 43.3 (#89), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Coding14661375

Reasoning MiMo-V2-Omni leads

MiMo-V2-Omni: 29.7 (#88), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts14451337

Math MiMo-V2-Omni leads

MiMo-V2-Omni: 39.1 (#115), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Math14301359

Knowledge MiMo-V2-Omni leads

MiMo-V2-Omni: 40.5 (#118), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Expert14491356

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2-Omni: 38.6 (#63), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Vision1228—

Multilingual MiMo-V2-Omni leads

MiMo-V2-Omni: 51.8 (#102), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Non-English14041295
LMArena Chinese14651359
LMArena French14471366
LMArena German13991282
LMArena Japanese13171206
LMArena Korean13551238
LMArena Russian14121253
LMArena Spanish14341345

Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Omni leads

MiMo-V2-Omni: 75.2 (#66), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following14281318

Long Context MiMo-V2-Omni leads

MiMo-V2-Omni: 44.1 (#76), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Longer Query14421314

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Omni leads

MiMo-V2-Omni: 61.4 (#87), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)

BenchmarkMiMo-V2-OmniNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Text14231327
LMArena Creative Writing13921254
LMArena Multi-Turn14451328
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1280

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2-Omni better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

MiMo-V2-Omni is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 40.0 on the Noometry Index. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Omni's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Omni or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Omni lists at $0.14 and $0.28.

Is MiMo-V2-Omni or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

MiMo-V2-Omni scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.3 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Omni and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Omni has 18 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.

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