# Inkling-Small vs MiMo-V2-Pro

> Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 42.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-small-vs-mimo-v2-pro
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 4 categories and MiMo-V2-Pro in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 39.0 to 21.3.
- MiMo-V2-Pro is cheaper at $0.43 / $0.87 per million input/output tokens, against $0.45 / $1.20 for Inkling-Small.
- MiMo-V2-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.
- Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 42.4 |
| Rank | 57 | 102 |
| Context | 524K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.45 | $0.43 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $0.87 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Inkling-Small: 43.3 (#80)
- MiMo-V2-Pro: 43.4 (#76)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1408 | 1433 |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | 1476 |
| SciCode | 48.7% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 785.17 |

## Reasoning

- Inkling-Small: 39.0 (#53)
- MiMo-V2-Pro: 21.3 (#200)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1424 | 1457 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 25.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| CritPt | 8.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 45.9% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.13 | — |

## Math

- Inkling-Small: 44.9 (#65)
- MiMo-V2-Pro: 36.7 (#104)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1453 | 1447 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | — |
| ProofBench | 6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Inkling-Small: 48.3 (#71)
- MiMo-V2-Pro: 40.8 (#106)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | 1479 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |

## Multimodal

- Inkling-Small: 38.4 (#59)
- MiMo-V2-Pro: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | — |

## Multilingual

- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#102)
- MiMo-V2-Pro: 52.9 (#77)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1400 | 1416 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1458 | 1455 |
| LMArena French | 1438 | 1470 |
| LMArena German | 1412 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | 1366 |
| LMArena Korean | 1355 | 1401 |
| LMArena Russian | 1392 | 1427 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1426 | 1458 |

## Instruction Following

- Inkling-Small: 73.9 (#112)
- MiMo-V2-Pro: 76.2 (#46)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1397 | 1444 |

## Long Context

- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#113)
- MiMo-V2-Pro: 41.5 (#133)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | 1455 |
| CL-bench | — | 15.7% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.9% |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling-Small: 59.8 (#102)
- MiMo-V2-Pro: 62.9 (#67)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | MiMo-V2-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1413 | 1436 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1330 | 1415 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1420 | 1456 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling-Small better than MiMo-V2-Pro?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 42.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Inkling-Small or MiMo-V2-Pro?

MiMo-V2-Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Inkling-Small lists at $0.45 and $1.20.

### Is Inkling-Small or MiMo-V2-Pro better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (43.3 vs 43.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

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

### How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and MiMo-V2-Pro share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2-Pro has 23.