Model comparison
MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Pixtral 12B
MiMo-V2.6-Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#49); Pixtral 12B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 1 category and Pixtral 12B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multimodal, where MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads 40.8 to 23.9.
- Pixtral 12B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 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 128K.
Side by side
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Xiaomi | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 31.3 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2024-09-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.43 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.87 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 2 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23), Pixtral 12B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1629 | — |
| SciCode | 60.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1534 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,158 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35), Pixtral 12B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 59.5% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50), Pixtral 12B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 26.6% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1512 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45), Pixtral 12B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 70% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1494 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92), Pixtral 12B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1543 | — |
Multimodal MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43), Pixtral 12B: 23.9 (#127)
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | 1009 |
| GeoBench | — | 37% |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14), Pixtral 12B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1474 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1529 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1480 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12), Pixtral 12B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1493 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27), Pixtral 12B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1501 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33), Pixtral 12B: —
| Benchmark | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1492 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1468 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1464 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Pixtral 12B?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro has enough public results to be ranked (#49); Pixtral 12B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Pixtral 12B?
Pixtral 12B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists at $0.43 and $0.87.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Pixtral 12B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral 12B has 2.