Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen Plus
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Plus in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads 37.4 to 22.0.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 / $0.28 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.4 | 36.7 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.28 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.3 (#68), Qwen Plus: 38.3 (#163)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1516 | 1328 |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 29.6 (#82), Qwen Plus: 27.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 37.4 (#97), Qwen Plus: 22.0 (#266)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1477 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 42.0 (#91), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 40.2 (#39), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1266 | — |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 54.6 (#41), Qwen Plus: 45.3 (#170)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1439 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1501 | 1347 |
| LMArena Russian | 1424 | 1323 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 77.0 (#33), Qwen Plus: 69.0 (#176)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1463 | 1303 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 44.8 (#52), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#153)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1465 | 1325 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads
MiMo-V2.6-Flash: 63.9 (#61), Qwen Plus: 52.4 (#171)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1459 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1408 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1460 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Qwen Plus?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.4 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen Plus?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen Plus better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 38.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen Plus share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.