Model comparison
Claude Fable 5.1 vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 50.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 37× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher in 10 categories and MiMo-V2.6-Pro in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Claude Fable 5.1 leads 89.6 to 54.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 100% for Claude Fable 5.1 and 70% for MiMo-V2.6-Pro.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper at $0.43 / $0.87 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $50 for Claude Fable 5.1.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 69.0 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.43 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $50 | $0.87 |
| Results tracked | 52 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 74.7 (#1), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1744 | 1629 |
| SciCode | 63.1% | 60.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1528 | 1534 |
| ALE-Bench | 2,143 | 1,158 |
| FrontierCode | 50.9% | — |
| CursorBench | 51.8% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 56.3% | — |
| GSO | 88.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 92.9% | — |
| MirrorCode | 73.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 50.7 (#5), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 68.6% | 59.5% |
| Remote Labor Index | 17.9% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 29.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,422 | — |
Reasoning Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 76.7 (#7), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 31.1% | 26.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1526 | 1512 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 90% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 47% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 57.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 58% | — |
| DTBench | 97.6% | — |
| LMCA | 65.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 164.7 | — |
Math Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 89.6 (#4), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 100% | 70% |
| LMArena Math | 1525 | 1494 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 90.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 87.8% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 69.6 (#6), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1535 | 1543 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 46.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 70.8% | — |
Multimodal Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 53.9 (#4), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1318 | 1264 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 41.9% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 70% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1513 | — |
Multilingual Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 59.1 (#3), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1507 | 1474 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1586 | 1529 |
| LMArena Russian | 1521 | 1480 |
| LMArena French | 1525 | — |
| LMArena German | 1500 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1543 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1534 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1516 | — |
Instruction Following Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#6), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1517 | 1493 |
Long Context Too close to call
Claude Fable 5.1: 46.7 (#20), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1522 | 1501 |
Writing & Preference Claude Fable 5.1 leads
Claude Fable 5.1: 79.2 (#2), MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33)
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1510 | 1492 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1507 | 1468 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1492 | 1464 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2162 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
Claude Fable 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 69.0 to 50.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 37× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Claude Fable 5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Claude Fable 5.1 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; Claude Fable 5.1 lists at $10 and $50.
Is Claude Fable 5.1 or MiMo-V2.6-Pro better for coding?
Claude Fable 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 74.7 versus 55.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do Claude Fable 5.1 and MiMo-V2.6-Pro share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Fable 5.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19.