Claude Opus 4.1 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads Claude Opus 4.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 37.9 to 22.8, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 267.9x less per output token ($0.28 vs $75.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 34 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Opus 4.1 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash: which to pick
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a coding score, 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Claude Opus 4.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by MedCode (Vals AI) or LMArena Text: creative writing, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 34
- Claude Opus 4.1 only
- 42
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
- 32
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads, 37.9 against 22.8.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a GPQA Diamond result, 76.3%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a AIME result, 78.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.9%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.1 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1176.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a Vals Index result, 54.8%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Claude Opus 4.1 $0.052, MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.1 not benchmarked, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 54.7 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 19.6 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: Claude Opus 4.1 1390 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 1634, 34.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.1 $75.00 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 267.9x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Opus 4.1 takes 200K tokens, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.1 | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 4 | ||
| General | 3 | 16 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 30 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1390 | 1634 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 66.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 24.2% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.7% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.4% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.4% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 51.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 38.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| WeirdML | 45.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Cybench | 42.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1244.2 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1479 | 1499 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1456 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1648 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1399 | 1641 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1596 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| SciCode | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 22.8 | 37.9 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.1 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.2% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 13.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 31.7% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| METR time horizons | 66.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| GDPval | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 48.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 77.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 35.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 77.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| SimpleBench | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 21.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| EBR-bench | 7.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| VPCT | 35.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1442 | 1475 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1438 | 1496 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1451 | 1493 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1276 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1283 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 95.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 94.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 68.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 12.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 2.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 63.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1431 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1434 | 1478 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 93.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 47.2% | 41.1% | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1422 | 1462 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1416 | 1439 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1421 | 1441 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1406 | 1454 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 40.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| PRBench Finance | 35.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| PRBench Legal | 34.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1176 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1162 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1171 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1166 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1152 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1170 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1151 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1167 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index316
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 54.8% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 31.4% | 43.5% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.9% | 85.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 74.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| DTBench | 80.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMCA | 37.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1419 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1435 | 1452 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1412 | 1403 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1256 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1433 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1405 | 1431 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1427 | 1509 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1413 | 1458 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1377 | 1359 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1381 | 1425 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1433 | 1480 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1448 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1422 | 1409 | Claude Opus 4.1 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1413 | 1455 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1444 | 1447 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1455 | 1459 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1418 | 1424 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1398 | 1415 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1269 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1270 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1231 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| MultiChallenge | 57.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Xiaomi |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 5, 2025 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 200K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $15.00 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $75.00 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 54.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding?
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a coding score, 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Claude Opus 4.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Claude Opus 4.1 for work measured by MedCode (Vals AI) or LMArena Text: creative writing, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.1 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15.00 per million input tokens and $75.00 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs $0.14 and $0.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.1 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.1 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?
34 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Opus 4.1's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and MiMo-V2.6-Flash's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.