GPT-5 Mini vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads GPT-5 Mini on coding, 65.4 to 34.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 2.3x less per output token ($0.87 vs $2.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 42 benchmarks have a result for both.
GPT-5 Mini 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 34.2 for GPT-5 Mini.
GPT-5 Mini is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.
- Shared results
- 42
- GPT-5 Mini only
- 59
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro only
- 31
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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 34.2.
2 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 46.3 against 20.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GPT-5 Mini has a GPQA Diamond result, 80.3%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only GPT-5 Mini has a AIME result, 91.5%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GPT-5 Mini has a MMLU Pro result, 82.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 1308 against 1125.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro has a Vals Index result, 57.8%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 400K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
GPT-5 Mini $0.0013, MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only GPT-5 Mini has the number, $0.08.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-5 Mini 34.2 from 2 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.6-Pro 65.4 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 34.4 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): GPT-5 Mini 14.2% against MiMo-V2.6-Pro 85.2%, 71.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-5 Mini $2.00 against MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.87 per million output tokens, 2.3x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-5 Mini takes 400K 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 | GPT-5 Mini | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 0 | 17 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 42 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 59.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 39.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 81.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1625 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 86.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 60.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 14.2% | 85.2% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 39.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.8% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| SciCode | 39.0% | 60.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 33.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 34.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| WeirdML | 52.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1158.1 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1406 | 1533 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1394 | 1528 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1639 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1616 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1598 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 20.6 | 46.3 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.3 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1290 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 76.7% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 88.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 47.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 3.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.4% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 13.8% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 71.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 54.4% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -$31 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 55.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 80.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 79.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 15.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 78.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 82.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 21.5% | 49.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 75.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| ARC-AGI | 54.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Chess puzzles | 24.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 10.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| VPCT | 40.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1380 | 1511 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1379 | 1541 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1383 | 1520 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1202 | 1281 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1210 | 1264 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 70.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 91.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 94.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 92.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| AA Math Index | 90.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 90.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 86.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 46.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 12.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| ProofBench | 9.0% | 70.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| MATH level 5 | 97.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1378 | 1500 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1380 | 1511 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 82.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 81.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 68.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 75.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 66.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 96.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 43.0% | 45.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 21.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1371 | 1506 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1380 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1375 | 1485 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1358 | 1468 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 38.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1125 | 1308 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1106 | 1339 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1130 | 1313 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1130 | 1336 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1037 | 1331 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1115 | 1316 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1091 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1125 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 78.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 57.8% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 72.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 43.0% | 45.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 80.6% | 88.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| IFBench | 75.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 72.3% | 86.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| DTBench | 80.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMCA | 34.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 83.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text | 1373 | 1491 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1357 | 1491 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1325 | 1466 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision | 1202 | 1263 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: English | 1379 | 1504 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1363 | 1474 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1386 | 1529 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: German | 1366 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1341 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1308 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1386 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1354 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1362 | 1479 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1378 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1363 | 1466 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1355 | 1501 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1344 | 1470 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1340 | 1465 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1216 | 1268 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1214 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1199 | 1270 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1205 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1217 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1226 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1181 | Not measured | Only GPT-5 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | 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
MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-5 Mini costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-5 Mini 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 | OpenAI GPT-5 Mini | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Xiaomi |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 7, 2025 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 400K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $0.435 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.87 |
| Coding index | 34.2 | 65.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.08 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-5 Mini 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 34.2 for GPT-5 Mini. GPT-5 Mini is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Mini or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
GPT-5 Mini costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs $0.435 and $0.87. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5 Mini only.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5 Mini or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-5 Mini vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro comparison based on?
42 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-5 Mini's coding index rests on 2 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.