# Inkling-Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash

> MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 46.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-small-vs-mimo-v2-6-flash
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 2 categories and MiMo-V2.6-Flash in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 53.4 to 43.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 6% for Inkling-Small and 63% for MiMo-V2.6-Flash.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $1.20 for Inkling-Small.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 48.5 |
| Rank | 63 | 55 |
| Context | 524K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.45 | $0.14 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $0.28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1409 | 1637 |
| SciCode | 48.7% | 51.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | 1504 |

## Reasoning

- Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 8.3% | 12% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1423 | 1482 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.15 | — |

## Math

- Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 6% | 63% |
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1468 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | — |

## Knowledge

- Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | 1501 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |

## Multimodal

- Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | 1259 |

## Multilingual

- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1402 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1511 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | 1475 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1409 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1428 | 1456 |
| LMArena German | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1399 | 1463 |

## Long Context

- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | 1463 |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1414 | 1455 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1400 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1451 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling-Small better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 46.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Inkling-Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Inkling-Small lists at $0.45 and $1.20.

### Is Inkling-Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 43.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

### How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19.