MiniMax M1 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads MiniMax M1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 37.9 to 11.7, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 7.9x less per output token ($0.28 vs $2.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.
MiniMax M1 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash: which to pick
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a coding score, 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 29
- MiniMax M1 only
- 0
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
- 37
- 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 11.7.
Same board, both measured
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 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiniMax M1 $0.0015, MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- MiniMax M1 not benchmarked, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 54.7 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 26.2 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: expert: MiniMax M1 1317 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 1496, 29.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- MiniMax M1 $2.20 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 7.9x apart.
- Context window
- MiniMax M1 takes 1M 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 | MiniMax M1 | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 17 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 29 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| SciCode | Not measured | 51.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1244.2 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1359 | 1499 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1359 | 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 28 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 11.7 | 37.9 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 35.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1339 | 1475 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1317 | 1496 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1353 | 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | Not measured | 63.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1361 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1363 | 1478 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1354 | 1462 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1355 | 1439 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1337 | 1441 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1319 | 1454 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | 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 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 74.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1343 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1312 | 1452 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1297 | 1403 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1256 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1363 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1319 | 1431 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1360 | 1509 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1350 | 1458 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1217 | 1359 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1266 | 1425 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1370 | 1480 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1353 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1329 | 1409 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1329 | 1455 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1335 | 1447 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1326 | 1459 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1311 | 1424 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1303 | 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 22 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | 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 | MiniMax M1 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MiniMax | Xiaomi |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.40 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.20 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 54.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding?
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a coding score, 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiniMax M1 costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.20 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, MiniMax M1 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M1 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?
29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. MiniMax M1's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and MiMo-V2.6-Flash's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.