Mixtral 8x22B Instruct vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads Mixtral 8x22B Instruct on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 37.9 to 5.7, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 21.4x less per output token ($0.28 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 2 benchmarks have a result for both.
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct or MiMo-V2.6-Flash: which to pick
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a coding score, 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 2
- Mixtral 8x22B Instruct only
- 6
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
- 64
- Like-for-like categories
- 2 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 5.7.
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 66K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct $0.0050, MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mixtral 8x22B Instruct not benchmarked, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 54.7 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 32.2 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Intelligence Index: Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 5.7 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 37.9, 32.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mixtral 8x22B Instruct $6.00 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 21.4x apart.
- Context window
- Mixtral 8x22B Instruct takes 66K 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 | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 2 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index17 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 14.8% | Not measured | Only Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 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 | 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 | 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 |
| SciCode | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Mixtral 8x22B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 5.7 | 37.9 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.0 | Not measured | Only Mixtral 8x22B Instruct measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | 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 32 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 33.2% | Not measured | Only Mixtral 8x22B Instruct measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.0% | 35.1% | MiMo-V2.6-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 14 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | 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 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 53.7% | Not measured | Only Mixtral 8x22B Instruct 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 12 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index27 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | 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 |
| DTBench | 55.1% | Not measured | Only Mixtral 8x22B Instruct measured |
| 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 19 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | 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 | Mistral Mixtral 8x22B Instruct | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Xiaomi |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | April 17, 2024 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 66K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $6.00 | $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 Mixtral 8x22B Instruct better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding?
Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash has a coding score, 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mixtral 8x22B Instruct has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 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, Mixtral 8x22B Instruct or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 66K.
How many benchmarks is the Mixtral 8x22B Instruct vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?
2 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct'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.