# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro

> Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 46.7 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.8 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-mimo-v2-6-pro
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and MiMo-V2.6-Pro in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 64.7 to 30.4.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper at $0.43 / $0.87 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 59.5 | 46.7 |
| Rank | 13 | 55 |
| Context | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.75 | $0.43 |
| Output $/M | $3.75 | $0.87 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 53.2 (#27)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1581 | 1618 |
| LMArena Coding | 1512 | 1538 |
| DeepSWE | 73.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 41.2% | — |
| CursorBench | 39.6% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 19.6% | — |
| SciCode | 56.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,270 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 64.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 23.4% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,094 | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 30.4 (#76)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1506 | 1511 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 97.4% | — |
| CritPt | 18.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 61% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 47% | — |
| DTBench | 95.7% | — |
| LMCA | 52.9% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 76.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 157.13 | — |

## Math

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.9 (#91)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1528 | 1497 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 68.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 22% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 98.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 48% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.0 (#85)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1529 | 1548 |
| GPQA Diamond | 95.4% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 44.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.7% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.2 (#40)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1312 | 1265 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 38.6% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 31.7% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 57.0 (#15)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1486 | 1474 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1547 | 1532 |
| LMArena Russian | 1507 | 1481 |
| LMArena French | 1502 | — |
| LMArena German | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1505 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1479 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1492 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#10)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1489 | 1490 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#26)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1506 | 1500 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16)
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.9 (#32)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1494 | 1491 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1485 | 1465 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1503 | 1463 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1748 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 46.7 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.8 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

### Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Pro better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 53.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and MiMo-V2.6-Pro share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 14.