Model comparison

MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 50.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 5.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi

50.3

Rank #49 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 43.5.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper at $0.43 / $0.87 per million input/output tokens, against $1.30 / $7.80 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Qwen3.6 Max Preview specifications
MiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderXiaomiAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index50.351.5
Released2026-09-212026-04-20
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1.05M262K
Max output131K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.43$1.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.87$7.80
Results tracked1929

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Category by category

Coding MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 55.5 (#23), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena WebDev16291482
LMArena Coding15341471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
SciCode60.9%—
ALE-Bench1,158—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 37.5 (#35), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
APEX-Agents59.5%—
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.1 (#50), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts15121457
SimpleBench—63%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
CritPt26.6%—
Chess Puzzles—20%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.24

Math Too close to call

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 54.5 (#45), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Math14941465
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
ProofBench70%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 43.5 (#92), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Expert15431478
GPQA Diamond—87.4%
SimpleQA Verified—52%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 40.8 (#43), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1264—

Multilingual MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 56.9 (#14), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14741437
LMArena Chinese15291487
LMArena Russian14801445
LMArena French—1449
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 78.2 (#12), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14931438

Long Context MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.0 (#27), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query15011457

Writing & Preference MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 66.8 (#33), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.6-ProQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text14921447
LMArena Creative Writing14681435
LMArena Multi-Turn14641456

Frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 50.3 on the Noometry Index. MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 5.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 48.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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