Gemini 2.5 Flash vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Updated October 21, 2026. 40 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding: it scores 61.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 28.7 for Gemini 2.5 Flash.
Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash when what matters is SAGE (Vals AI) or LMArena Text: Japanese, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 40
- Gemini 2.5 Flash only
- 29
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
- 26
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores 61.9 against 28.7.
One benchmark behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads, 37.9 against 15.5.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has a Design Arena: websites result, 1074.
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 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.0015, MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash has the number, $0.466.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Flash 28.7 from 1 benchmark, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 61.9 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 22.4 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run): Gemini 2.5 Flash 12.1% against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 35.1%, 23.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Flash $2.50 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 8.9x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 1.05M 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 | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| General | 4 | 20 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 36 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 28.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1634 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 69.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 51.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 17.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1244.2 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1423 | 1499 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1425 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1648 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1641 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1596 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 15.5 | 37.9 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.9 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | 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 | 31.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| BALROG | 33.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $549 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.1% | 35.1% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| ARC-AGI | 33.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 2.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| SimpleBench | 41.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1422 | 1475 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1426 | 1496 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1420 | 1493 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1245 | 1276 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1244 | 1283 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 73.3 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 63.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1411 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1422 | 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 index05
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 40.4% | 41.1% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1433 | 1462 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | 1439 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1430 | 1441 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1404 | 1454 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1074 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1005 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1005 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1060 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1021 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1059 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1018 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index420
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | 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) | 44.8% | 43.5% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 83.0% | 85.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| IFBench | 50.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 65.3% | 74.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| DTBench | 76.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMCA | 27.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1405 | 1452 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1400 | 1403 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | 1256 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1418 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1409 | 1431 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1449 | 1509 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1417 | 1458 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1396 | 1359 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1385 | 1425 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1432 | 1480 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1422 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1415 | 1409 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1413 | 1455 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1408 | 1447 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1419 | 1459 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1405 | 1424 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1393 | 1415 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1239 | 1269 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1284 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1237 | 1270 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1225 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1277 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1252 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1241 | 1231 | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | 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 | Google Gemini 2.5 Flash | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Xiaomi | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | 28.7 | 61.9 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.466 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding?
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding: it scores 61.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 28.7 for Gemini 2.5 Flash. Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash when what matters is SAGE (Vals AI) or LMArena Text: Japanese, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs $0.14 and $0.28. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 2.5 Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Flash vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?
40 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Flash's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and MiMo-V2.6-Flash's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.