Model comparison
Granite 4.2 8B vs MiMo-V2-Flash
Granite 4.2 8B and MiMo-V2-Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.5 vs 41.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 8B scores higher in 2 categories and MiMo-V2-Flash in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2-Flash leads 59.7 to 49.6.
- Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2-Flash.
- MiMo-V2-Flash accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2-Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 40.5 | 41.3 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-16 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 118K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.14 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.28 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137), MiMo-V2-Flash: 36.1 (#211)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | 1443 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1330 |
| SciCode | — | 25.9% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 737.95 |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131), MiMo-V2-Flash: 24.9 (#157)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1329 | 1420 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.2 8B: —, MiMo-V2-Flash: 38.3 (#139)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1396 |
Knowledge MiMo-V2-Flash leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145), MiMo-V2-Flash: 39.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1384 | 1425 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2-Flash leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178), MiMo-V2-Flash: 51.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1302 | 1392 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 1462 |
| LMArena Russian | 1285 | 1387 |
| LMArena French | — | 1429 |
| LMArena German | — | 1395 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1358 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1420 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2-Flash leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184), MiMo-V2-Flash: 73.5 (#120)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1301 | 1392 |
Long Context MiMo-V2-Flash leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159), MiMo-V2-Flash: 43.0 (#110)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1409 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2-Flash leads
Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189), MiMo-V2-Flash: 59.7 (#106)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1320 | 1411 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1236 | 1375 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1301 | 1404 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 8B better than MiMo-V2-Flash?
Granite 4.2 8B and MiMo-V2-Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.5 vs 41.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.2 8B or MiMo-V2-Flash?
Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2-Flash lists at $0.14 and $0.28.
Is Granite 4.2 8B or MiMo-V2-Flash better for coding?
Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2-Flash does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 8B and MiMo-V2-Flash share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2-Flash has 21.