# MiMo-V2-Flash vs Mistral Small 3

> MiMo-V2-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2-Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2-Flash leads 59.9 to 32.4.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2-Flash.
- MiMo-V2-Flash accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 33K.

## Snapshot

| | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 30.9 |
| Rank | 137 | 268 |
| Context | 262K | 33K |
| Input $/M | $0.14 | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | $0.28 | $0.08 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiMo-V2-Flash: 35.8 (#205)
- Mistral Small 3: 36.0 (#203)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1443 | 1246 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1330 | — |
| SciCode | 25.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 737.95 | — |

## Reasoning

- MiMo-V2-Flash: 24.1 (#155)
- Mistral Small 3: 18.2 (#269)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1420 | 1233 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.06 |

## Math

- MiMo-V2-Flash: 35.6 (#141)
- Mistral Small 3: 15.3 (#290)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1396 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |

## Knowledge

- MiMo-V2-Flash: 39.1 (#126)
- Mistral Small 3: 25.0 (#258)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1425 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |

## Multilingual

- MiMo-V2-Flash: 51.1 (#109)
- Mistral Small 3: 37.5 (#231)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1391 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1463 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1429 | 1202 |
| LMArena German | 1395 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1324 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1358 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1387 | 1216 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1420 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiMo-V2-Flash: 73.7 (#115)
- Mistral Small 3: 63.9 (#224)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1392 | 1214 |

## Long Context

- MiMo-V2-Flash: 43.0 (#106)
- Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#206)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1409 | 1246 |

## Writing & Preference

- MiMo-V2-Flash: 59.9 (#101)
- Mistral Small 3: 32.4 (#275)

| Benchmark | MiMo-V2-Flash | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1411 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1375 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1404 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |

## FAQ

### Is MiMo-V2-Flash better than Mistral Small 3?

MiMo-V2-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 3.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2-Flash or Mistral Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Flash lists at $0.14 and $0.28.

### Is MiMo-V2-Flash or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.8 vs 36.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2-Flash does, with 262K tokens against 33K.

### How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2-Flash and Mistral Small 3 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2-Flash has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.