MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiniMax M3.1 Flash leads MiMo-V2.6-Flash on coding, 59.0 to 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 2.1x less per output token ($0.28 vs $0.60 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 13 benchmarks have a result for both.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Flash: which to pick
Pick MiniMax M3.1 Flash for coding: it scores 59.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 54.7 for MiMo-V2.6-Flash.
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for output tokens 2.1x cheaper ($0.28 vs $0.60 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens).
- Shared results
- 13
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash only
- 7
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
- 53
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax M3.1 Flash scores 59.0 against 54.7.
4 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax M3.1 Flash leads, 42.7 against 37.9.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads, 54.8% against 53.8%.
Same board, both measured
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 M3.1 Flash $0.0004, MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash 59.0 from 4 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 54.7 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 12.9 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run): MiniMax M3.1 Flash 48.0% against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 35.1%, 12.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash $0.60 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 2.1x apart.
- Context window
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash 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 M3.1 Flash | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 1 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 6 | 7 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index24
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 83.9% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1587 | 1634 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 25.3% | 24.2% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 73.9% | 79.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| 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 | 53.4% | 51.3% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1244.2 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1499 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1497 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1609 | 1648 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1529 | 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 27 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 42.7 | 37.9 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench research | 72.7% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash measured |
| LiveBench browser | 92.0% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 34.7% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash measured |
| 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) | 32.1% | 28.5% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 34.1% | 38.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 7.5% | 13.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| 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 30 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 82.9% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 48.0% | 35.1% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1475 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1496 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1493 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| 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 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | Not measured | 63.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1476 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1478 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1462 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1439 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1441 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1454 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench design | 74.0% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 53.8% | 54.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LiveBench data analysis | 71.4% | Not measured | Only MiniMax M3.1 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) | 79.7% | 74.3% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1453 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1452 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1403 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1256 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1476 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1431 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1509 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1458 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| 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 | Not measured | 1480 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1453 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1409 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1455 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1447 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1459 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1424 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1415 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| 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 21 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | 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 M3.1 Flash | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MiniMax | Xiaomi |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 19, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | 59.0 | 54.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is MiniMax M3.1 Flash better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding?
Pick MiniMax M3.1 Flash for coding: it scores 59.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 54.7 for MiMo-V2.6-Flash. Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for output tokens 2.1x cheaper ($0.28 vs $0.60 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens).
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M3.1 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 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 M3.1 Flash or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?
13 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. MiniMax M3.1 Flash's coding index rests on 4 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.