# MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Mistral Large 3

> MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mimo-v2-6-flash-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 36.5 to 15.2.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

## Snapshot

| | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 55 | 176 |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.14 | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | $0.28 | $0.75 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 53.4 (#30)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | 1230 |
| LMArena Coding | 1504 | 1448 |
| SciCode | 51.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 36.5 (#66)
- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1482 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| CritPt | 12% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |

## Math

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 51.9 (#52)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1468 | 1414 |
| ProofBench | 63% | — |

## Knowledge

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.2 (#99)
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1501 | 1421 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |

## Multimodal

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.5 (#47)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | 1221 |

## Multilingual

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.0 (#51)
- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1475 | 1455 |
| LMArena Russian | 1409 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1440 |
| LMArena German | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |

## Instruction Following

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 76.8 (#35)
- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1403 |

## Long Context

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#57)
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.1 (#67)
- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1455 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1400 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |

## FAQ

### Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Mistral Large 3?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Mistral Large 3?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.

### Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Mistral Large 3 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.