MiniMax M2 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads MiniMax M2 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 37.9 to 18.6, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 3.6x less per output token ($0.28 vs $1.02 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 31 benchmarks have a result for both.
MiniMax M2 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 M2 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 31
- MiniMax M2 only
- 19
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
- 35
- 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 18.6.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only MiniMax M2 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1143.
Directional only
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 205K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiniMax M2 $0.0008, MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only MiniMax M2 has the number, $0.702.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- MiniMax M2 not benchmarked, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 54.7 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 34.8 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: HTML: MiniMax M2 1306 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 1641, 48.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- MiniMax M2 $1.02 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 3.6x apart.
- Context window
- MiniMax M2 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.
| Category | MiniMax M2 | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 4 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 16 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 31 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 61.0% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | 1634 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 82.6% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 51.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 25.8% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 30.0% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1244.2 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1371 | 1499 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1373 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1648 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1306 | 1641 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1596 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 18.6 | 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 index11 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | 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 |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 86.8% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $161 | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 77.7% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.7% | 35.1% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1357 | 1475 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1338 | 1496 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1376 | 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 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 78.3 | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 78.3% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 63.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1351 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1368 | 1478 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 82.0% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1348 | 1462 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1367 | 1439 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1349 | 1441 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1336 | 1454 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1143 | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1137 | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1118 | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1140 | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1098 | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1135 | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1100 | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index016
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | 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 |
| IFBench | 72.3% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M2 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 64.3% | 74.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1329 | 1452 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1286 | 1403 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1256 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1364 | 1476 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1313 | 1431 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1366 | 1509 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1357 | 1458 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1359 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1425 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1336 | 1480 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1326 | 1453 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1330 | 1409 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1312 | 1455 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1361 | 1447 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1331 | 1459 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1295 | 1424 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1298 | 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 19 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | 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 M2 | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MiniMax | Xiaomi |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | October 23, 2025 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 205K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.255 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.02 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 54.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.702 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is MiniMax M2 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 M2 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiniMax M2 costs $0.255 per million input tokens and $1.02 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs $0.14 and $0.28. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M2 only.
Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M2 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M2 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?
31 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. MiniMax M2's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and MiMo-V2.6-Flash's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.