DeepSeek V3.2 Exp vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads DeepSeek V3.2 Exp on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 37.9 to 16.6, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 1.5x less per output token ($0.28 vs $0.41 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 33 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp or MiMo-V2.6-Flash: which to pick
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a coding score, 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V3.2 Exp for work measured by LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare or LMArena Text: creative writing, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 33
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp only
- 26
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
- 33
- 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 16.6.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has a Design Arena: websites result, 1178.
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 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp $0.0005, MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp not benchmarked, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 54.7 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 31.2 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: HTML: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp 1281 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 1641, 53.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp $0.41 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 1.5x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V3.2 Exp takes 164K 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 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 4 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 3 | ||
| General | 2 | 16 | ||
| All shared boards | 3 | 30 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 74.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1272 | 1634 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 78.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 51.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 31.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| WeirdML | 39.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1244.2 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1438 | 1499 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1438 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1648 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1281 | 1641 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1596 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.6 | 37.9 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.9 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | 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 |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 33.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| TheAgentCompany | 42.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 56.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 14.9% | 35.1% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1429 | 1475 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1422 | 1496 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1444 | 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 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 87.7 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 63.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1422 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1433 | 1478 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 85.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1443 | 1462 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1468 | 1439 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1419 | 1441 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1412 | 1454 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1178 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1164 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1144 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1152 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1148 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1170 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1031 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index216
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | 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) | Not measured | 43.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| IFBench | 54.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 72.3% | 74.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| DTBench | 87.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| LMCA | 29.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 83.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| CL-bench | 13.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| CL-bench Life | 9.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp measured |
| LMArena Text | 1425 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1401 | 1452 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1404 | 1403 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1256 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1441 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1404 | 1431 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1461 | 1509 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1440 | 1458 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1331 | 1359 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1372 | 1425 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1434 | 1480 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1441 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1412 | 1409 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1435 | 1455 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1422 | 1447 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1418 | 1459 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1407 | 1424 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1407 | 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | 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 | DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Xiaomi |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | September 29, 2025 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 164K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.27 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.41 | $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 DeepSeek V3.2 Exp better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding?
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a coding score, 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V3.2 Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V3.2 Exp for work measured by LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare or LMArena Text: creative writing, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp costs $0.27 per million input tokens and $0.41 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, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3.2 Exp vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?
33 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V3.2 Exp'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.