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MiniMax M2.5 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash

MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads MiniMax M2.5 on coding, 54.7 to 37.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 4.3x less per output token ($0.28 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 37 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace MiniMax M2.5 Replace MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiniMax M2.5MiniMax
Coding
37.2
Overall
37.3
Output $/M
$1.20
0
MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi
Coding
54.7
Overall
60.8
Output $/M
$0.28
37
vs boards won of 37 shared

MiniMax M2.5 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash: which to pick

Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding: it scores 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 37.2 for MiniMax M2.5.

MiniMax M2.5 is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.

Model AMiniMax M2.5MiniMax37.2/1003 independent benchmarks$0.62 per solved taskModel BMiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi54.7/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
37
MiniMax M2.5 only
31
MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
29
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.

At a glance

Coding index
MiniMax M2.5 37.2 from 3 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 54.7 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 32.6 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): MiniMax M2.5 14.8% against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 79.0%, 64.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
MiniMax M2.5 $1.20 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 4.3x apart.
Context window
MiniMax M2.5 takes 205K 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMiniMax M2.5BarsMiMo-V2.6-FlashTies
Coding07
Intelligence01
Reasoning04
Math03
Knowledge04
General018
All shared boards037
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index07
Coding benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5MiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
SWE-bench Verified75.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE-bench Multilingual68.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena WebDev13861634MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)79.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)74.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured24.2%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)14.8%79.0%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured40.9%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.5%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured47.7%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured76.4%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured75.4%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
SciCodeNot measured51.3%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)34.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Terminal-Bench42.7%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
ALE-Bench618.21244.2MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: coding13801499MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT13831497MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena WebDev: React13741648MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML14141641MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1596Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5MiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.837.9MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index146.6Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5MiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
SREBench (Vals AI)Not measured4.2%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured56.3%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured28.5%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured38.0%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured13.3%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)Not measured69.3%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)Not measured4.3%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Vals Science IndexNot measured31.7%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
τ²-Bench Telecom95.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Vending-Bench 2-$23Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Reasoning benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5MiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
GPQA Diamond82.1%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)Not measured21.6%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)84.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)20.5%35.1%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
ARC-AGI63.7%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
ARC-AGI-24.9%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13721475MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: expert13781496MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13841493MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1276Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1283Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark55.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Math benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5MiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
AIME88.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
ProofBench4.0%63.0%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: math13781476MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work13781478MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5MiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
MMLU Pro80.1%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)80.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)53.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)59.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)68.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)92.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured41.1%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
LMArena Text: science13691462MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13571439MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government13661441MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance13561454MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5MiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
Design Arena: websites1222Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: UI components1173Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: game dev1176Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: data viz1172Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: 3D1170Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1207Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: SVG1150Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
General benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5MiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
Vals IndexNot measured54.8%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured67.6%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured43.5%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured85.3%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
IFBench71.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)73.3%74.3%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
CL-bench11.4%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
CL-bench Life6.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text13591453MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following13531452MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing13311403MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena VisionNot measured1256Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
LMArena Text: English13801476MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: non-English13381431MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese13931509MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: German13611458MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese11711359MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Korean12331425MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: French13631480MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish13531453MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Russian13591409MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Polish13341455MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn13641447MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries13661459MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language13451424MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13291415MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1269Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1270Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1231Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5MiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
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

MiniMax M2.5$0.0009Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.0003Fits in one request

MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

MiniMax M2.5$0.019Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.0078Fits in one request

MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

MiniMax M2.5$0.072Exceeds the context window
MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.031Fits in one request

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.

Specifications of MiniMax M2.5 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
SpecificationMiniMax M2.5Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MakerMiniMaxXiaomi
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2026September 21, 2026
Context window205K1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.14
Output $/Mtok$1.20$0.28
Coding index37.254.7
Independent measurements behind it33
Cost per solved task$0.62Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is MiniMax M2.5 better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding?

Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding: it scores 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 37.2 for MiniMax M2.5. MiniMax M2.5 is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2.5 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

MiniMax M2.5 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs $0.14 and $0.28. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M2.5 only.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M2.5 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M2.5 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?

37 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. MiniMax M2.5's coding index rests on 3 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.

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