Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Mistral Small
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 9 categories and Mistral Small in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 37.9 to 15.4.
- Mistral Small is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.43 / $0.87 for MiMo-V2.6-Pro.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 46.7 | 33.1 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | 2024-02-26 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 256K |
| Max output | 131K | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 53.2 (#27), Mistral Small: 33.5 (#242)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1538 | 1363 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1618 | — |
| SciCode | — | 26.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 36.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 497.62 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: —, Mistral Small: 27.9 (#87)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.1% |
Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 30.4 (#76), Mistral Small: 19.3 (#238)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1511 | 1336 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 44.8% |
| DTBench | — | 70.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 53.7% |
| LMCA | — | 20.6% |
| LiveBench | — | 44% |
Math MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.9 (#91), Mistral Small: 15.4 (#287)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1497 | 1341 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 5.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 39.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 46.8% |
Knowledge MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.0 (#85), Mistral Small: 30.9 (#214)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1548 | 1293 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| MMLU | — | 68.7% |
Multimodal MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.2 (#40), Mistral Small: 32.9 (#91)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1265 | 1142 |
Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 57.0 (#15), Mistral Small: 45.7 (#164)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1474 | 1315 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1532 | 1342 |
| LMArena Russian | 1481 | 1324 |
| LMArena French | — | 1337 |
| LMArena German | — | 1341 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1275 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1260 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1346 |
Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#10), Mistral Small: 66.6 (#204)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1490 | 1310 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 63.7% |
Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#26), Mistral Small: 40.4 (#151)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1500 | 1327 |
Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.9 (#32), Mistral Small: 52.6 (#165)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1491 | 1338 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | 1304 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1463 | 1344 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 30.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Mistral Small?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.7 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.6-Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Mistral Small?
Mistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Mistral Small better for coding?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.2 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Mistral Small share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small has 39.