Grok 4.6 vs MiMo-V2.5
Updated October 21, 2026. 74 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick Grok 4.6 for coding: it scores 76.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 34.0 for MiMo-V2.5.
Pick MiMo-V2.5 when output tokens cost 25.2x less, or when a solved task costs $0.01 against $0.82.
- Shared results
- 74
- Grok 4.6 only
- 49
- MiMo-V2.5 only
- 6
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 scores 76.4 against 34.0.
2 and 1 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 leads, 44.3 against 21.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 leads, 53.0 against 15.8.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 leads, 94.7% against 81.6%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 leads, 89.4% against 82.9%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 leads, 1289 against 1266.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
MiMo-V2.5
MiMo-V2.5 takes 1.05M tokens against 500K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.5
Grok 4.6 $0.0050, MiMo-V2.5 $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
MiMo-V2.5
Grok 4.6 $0.82, MiMo-V2.5 $0.01.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Grok 4.6 76.4 from 2 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.5 34.0 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 25.2 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Legal Research Bench (Vals AI): Grok 4.6 48.1% against MiMo-V2.5 9.1%, 38.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Grok 4.6 $6.00 against MiMo-V2.5 $0.238 per million output tokens, 25.2x apart.
- Context window
- Grok 4.6 takes 500K tokens, MiMo-V2.5 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 | Grok 4.6 | Bars | MiMo-V2.5 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 11 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 5 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 6 | 2 | ||
| Math | 2 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 6 | 4 | ||
| Web design | 8 | 0 | ||
| General | 21 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 60 | 14 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index112
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 89.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1617 | 1438 | Grok 4.6 |
| AA Coding Index | 76.8 | 56.8 | Grok 4.6 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 88.2% | 81.5% | Grok 4.6 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 95.6% | 71.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 17.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 76.2% | 42.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 44.6% | 14.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 1.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 47.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 78.3% | 60.7% | Grok 4.6 |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 14.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 55.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 67.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SciCode | 56.5% | 43.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 41.7% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| FrontierCode | 48.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 25.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| WeirdML | 67.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1508.1 | 514.0 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1466 | 1469 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1457 | 1463 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1631 | 1425 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1597 | 1429 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1603 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 44.3 | 21.8 | Grok 4.6 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.6 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 53.0 | 15.8 | Grok 4.6 |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1247 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1264 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1234 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1297 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1276 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1208 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1249 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1241 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench research | 84.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 64.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 40.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 53.7% | 36.7% | Grok 4.6 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 33.1% | 7.8% | Grok 4.6 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 48.1% | 9.1% | Grok 4.6 |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 62.7% | 55.1% | Grok 4.6 |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 72.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 11.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vals Science Index | 38.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | 5.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 90.6% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 65.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $9,047 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index62
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.7% | 81.6% | Grok 4.6 |
| LiveBench reasoning | 91.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 30.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.0% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 94.9% | 84.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 44.1% | 27.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 87.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SimpleBench | 75.9% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 33.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 34.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| EBR-bench | 30.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1448 | 1450 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1469 | 1459 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1445 | 1461 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1285 | 1269 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1283 | 1262 | Grok 4.6 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 66.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 31.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ProofBench | 51.0% | 16.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: math | 1417 | 1436 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1464 | 1451 | Grok 4.6 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index64
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 89.4% | 82.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 86.3% | 78.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.2% | 59.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.1% | 71.8% | MiMo-V2.5 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 64.2% | 59.3% | Grok 4.6 |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 44.7% | 31.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1437 | 1440 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1420 | 1432 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1429 | 1425 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1416 | 1432 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1289 | 1266 | Grok 4.6 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1294 | 1257 | Grok 4.6 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1296 | 1249 | Grok 4.6 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1283 | 1249 | Grok 4.6 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1277 | 1216 | Grok 4.6 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1292 | 1260 | Grok 4.6 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1239 | 1178 | Grok 4.6 |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1278 | 1141 | Grok 4.6 |
| LiveBench design | 79.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index215
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | MiMo-V2.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 75.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 66.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 28.9% | 43.3% | MiMo-V2.5 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 86.5% | 72.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 52.8% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 67.1% | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 81.0% | 73.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| DTBench | 97.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMCA | 48.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 40.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1429 | 1428 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1431 | 1435 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1426 | 1393 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | 1247 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1433 | 1447 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1420 | 1405 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1476 | 1469 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1426 | 1421 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1378 | 1306 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1391 | 1361 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1455 | 1448 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1414 | 1414 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1421 | 1396 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1430 | 1413 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1425 | 1445 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1456 | 1445 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1429 | 1409 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1421 | 1399 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1270 | 1259 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1289 | 1326 | MiMo-V2.5 |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1272 | 1256 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1270 | 1226 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1189 | Only MiMo-V2.5 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1262 | 1230 | Grok 4.6 |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | MiMo-V2.5 | 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-V2.5 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiMo-V2.5 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiMo-V2.5 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 | SpaceXAI Grok 4.6 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | xAI | Xiaomi |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 12, 2026 | April 22, 2026 |
| Context window | 500K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.119 |
| Output $/Mtok | $6.00 | $0.238 |
| Coding index | 76.4 | 34.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.82 | $0.01 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Grok 4.6 better than MiMo-V2.5 for coding?
Pick Grok 4.6 for coding: it scores 76.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 34.0 for MiMo-V2.5. Pick MiMo-V2.5 when output tokens cost 25.2x less, or when a solved task costs $0.01 against $0.82.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or MiMo-V2.5?
Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5 costs $0.119 and $0.238. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Grok 4.6 costs $0.82 and MiMo-V2.5 $0.01.
Which has the bigger context window, Grok 4.6 or MiMo-V2.5?
MiMo-V2.5, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.
How many benchmarks is the Grok 4.6 vs MiMo-V2.5 comparison based on?
74 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Grok 4.6's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and MiMo-V2.5's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.