Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs MiniMax-M3
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 7 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 43.0.
- Both cost about the same: $0.43 input and $0.87 output per million tokens.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 46.7 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 2026-06-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 512K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 53.2 (#27), MiniMax-M3: 41.5 (#111)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1618 | 1482 |
| LMArena Coding | 1538 | 1470 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14.7% |
| SciCode | — | 47.1% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 640.02 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: —, MiniMax-M3: 22.5 (#121)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.7% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 2,158 |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 30.4 (#76), MiniMax-M3: 29.3 (#83)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1511 | 1447 |
| SimpleBench | — | 45.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 65.1% |
| CritPt | — | 3.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 14% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 8% |
| DTBench | — | 78.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 55% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147 |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.4 |
Math MiniMax-M3 leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.9 (#91), MiniMax-M3: 39.1 (#83)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1497 | 1432 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 18% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.0 (#85), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#32)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1548 | 1462 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
Multimodal Too close to call
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.2 (#40), MiniMax-M3: 39.5 (#45)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1265 | 1254 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1435 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 57.0 (#15), MiniMax-M3: 53.2 (#70)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1474 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1532 | 1465 |
| LMArena Russian | 1481 | 1430 |
| LMArena French | — | 1445 |
| LMArena German | — | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1381 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1372 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1431 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#10), MiniMax-M3: 75.7 (#56)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1490 | 1433 |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#26), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#68)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1500 | 1445 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.9 (#32), MiniMax-M3: 62.3 (#79)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1491 | 1433 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | 1405 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1463 | 1441 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1150 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than MiniMax-M3?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.2 versus 41.5 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 MiMo-V2.6-Pro and MiniMax-M3 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.