GLM 5.3 Flash vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads GLM 5.3 Flash on coding, 65.4 to 57.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, and GLM 5.3 Flash costs 1.7x less per output token ($0.50 vs $0.87 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 67 benchmarks have a result for both.
GLM 5.3 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Pro: which to pick
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding: it scores 65.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 57.7 for GLM 5.3 Flash, though on 4 benchmarks against 6.
Pick GLM 5.3 Flash for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($0.50 vs $0.87 per million) and work measured by Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) or IOI (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 67
- GLM 5.3 Flash only
- 35
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro only
- 6
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 65.4 against 57.7.
6 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 46.3 against 41.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GLM 5.3 Flash has a AA Agentic Index result, 50.9.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GLM 5.3 Flash has a GPQA Diamond result, 86.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GLM 5.3 Flash has a MMLU Pro result, 86.1%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 1308 against 1272.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 57.8% against 50.9%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 5.3 Flash
GLM 5.3 Flash $0.0004, MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only GLM 5.3 Flash has the number, $0.02.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GLM 5.3 Flash 57.7 from 6 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.6-Pro 65.4 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 17.3 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): GLM 5.3 Flash 30.8% against MiMo-V2.6-Pro 85.2%, 54.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GLM 5.3 Flash $0.50 against MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.87 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
- Context window
- GLM 5.3 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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 | GLM 5.3 Flash | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 14 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 9 | 1 tie | |
| Reasoning | 2 | 5 | ||
| Math | 1 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 7 | ||
| General | 7 | 11 | ||
| All shared boards | 13 | 53 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index214
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 80.6% | 81.5% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev | 1607 | 1625 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| AA Coding Index | 71.5 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 92.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 37.4% | 31.3% | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 30.8% | 85.2% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 20.5% | 43.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 0.5% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 52.5% | 39.3% | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 62.9% | 67.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 16.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 40.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 67.9% | 72.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SciCode | 51.6% | 60.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| FrontierCode | 31.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| FrontierSWE | 18.1% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| ALE-Bench | 303.6 | 1158.1 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1507 | 1533 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1500 | 1528 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1624 | 1639 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1577 | 1616 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1578 | 1598 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 41.8 | 46.3 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 153.1 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index19
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 50.9 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1290 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench research | 70.1% | 76.7% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LiveBench browser | 84.0% | 88.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LiveBench long agentic | 28.4% | 47.5% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 0.8% | 3.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 57.9% | 57.3% | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 31.6% | 32.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 45.2% | 47.1% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 10.4% | 13.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 55.9% | 62.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 2.9% | 2.9% | Tie |
| APEX-Agents | 52.8% | 54.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index25
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 86.4% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 77.6% | 79.6% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 15.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 86.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.9% | 49.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI | 91.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 65.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| Chess puzzles | 21.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 8.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1490 | 1511 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1511 | 1541 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1488 | 1520 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1317 | 1281 | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1318 | 1264 | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 93.9% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 55.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 17.1% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| ProofBench | 21.0% | 70.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: math | 1503 | 1500 | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1497 | 1511 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 86.1% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.9% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 75.6% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1484 | 1506 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1475 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1473 | 1485 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1460 | 1468 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1272 | 1308 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1316 | 1340 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1278 | 1314 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1262 | 1336 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1316 | 1330 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1282 | 1317 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1285 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1267 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LiveBench design | 77.2% | 78.5% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index711
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 50.9% | 57.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LiveBench data analysis | 76.4% | 72.3% | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 88.9% | 88.3% | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.0% | 86.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 52.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 1491 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1478 | 1491 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1441 | 1466 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision | 1294 | 1263 | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1474 | 1504 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1462 | 1474 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1531 | 1529 | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1462 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1444 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1436 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1491 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1475 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1465 | 1479 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1450 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1469 | 1466 | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1481 | 1501 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1455 | 1470 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1440 | 1465 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1295 | 1268 | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1363 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1299 | 1270 | GLM 5.3 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1279 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1270 | Not measured | Only GLM 5.3 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | 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
GLM 5.3 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GLM 5.3 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GLM 5.3 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 | Z.ai GLM 5.3 Flash | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | Xiaomi |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | August 26, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.435 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.50 | $0.87 |
| Coding index | 57.7 | 65.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 6 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.02 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GLM 5.3 Flash better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding?
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding: it scores 65.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 57.7 for GLM 5.3 Flash, though on 4 benchmarks against 6. Pick GLM 5.3 Flash for output tokens 1.7x cheaper ($0.50 vs $0.87 per million) and work measured by Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) or IOI (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
GLM 5.3 Flash costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs $0.435 and $0.87. Cost per solved task is known for GLM 5.3 Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5.3 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the GLM 5.3 Flash vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro comparison based on?
67 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GLM 5.3 Flash's coding index rests on 6 independent benchmarks and MiMo-V2.6-Pro's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.