Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.5

Rank #232 Confirmed

MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi

44.4

Rank #74 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 0 categories and MiMo-V2.6-Flash in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 29.6 to 10.9.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for GPT-4.1 mini.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 mini and MiMo-V2.6-Flash specifications
GPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
ProviderOpenAIXiaomi
Noometry Index33.544.4
Released2025-04-142026-09-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output33K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.14
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$0.28
Results tracked4713

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.4 (#286), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.3 (#68)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Coding13671516
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.0 (#52), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.9 (#335), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 29.6 (#82)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts13491481
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 23.1 (#264), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 37.4 (#97)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Math13431477
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#183), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.0 (#91)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Expert13381516
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.2 (#77), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.2 (#39)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Vision11811266

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.9 (#161), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.6 (#41)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Non-English13181439
LMArena Chinese13291501
LMArena Russian13241424
LMArena French1357—
LMArena German1349—
LMArena Japanese1291—
LMArena Korean1298—
LMArena Spanish1319—

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.9 (#113), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 77.0 (#33)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following13321463
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#270), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#52)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Longer Query13441465
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.8 (#193), MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.9 (#61)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniMiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text13411459
LMArena Creative Writing13001408
LMArena Multi-Turn13541460
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 mini 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; GPT-4.1 mini lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or MiMo-V2.6-Flash better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 30.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and MiMo-V2.6-Flash share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 13.

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