Inkling 2 Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads Inkling 2 Small on coding, 54.8 to 48.9 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 3.6x less per output token ($0.28 vs $1.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 44 benchmarks have a result for both.
Inkling 2 Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash: which to pick
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding: it scores 54.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 48.9 for Inkling 2 Small.
Pick Inkling 2 Small for work measured by LMArena WebDev or Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 44
- Inkling 2 Small only
- 7
- MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
- 32
- 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
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores 54.8 against 48.9.
3 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small leads, 30.6 against 26.7.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small leads, 56.1% against 54.8%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MiMo-V2.6-Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Inkling 2 Small $0.0008, MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Inkling 2 Small 48.9 from 3 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 54.8 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Knowledge, 9.0 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI): Inkling 2 Small 12.6% against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 24.2%, 15.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Inkling 2 Small $1.00 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 3.6x apart.
- Context window
- Inkling 2 Small takes 1.05M 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 | Inkling 2 Small | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 6 | 5 | 1 tie | |
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 5 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 2 | ||
| General | 4 | 10 | ||
| All shared boards | 21 | 22 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index65
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1647 | 1638 | Inkling 2 Small |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 12.6% | 24.2% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 81.5% | 79.0% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | 0.5% | Tie |
| 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 |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 43.1% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 72.7% | 75.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| SciCode | 52.3% | 51.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.1% | 22.7% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 25.4% | 21.6% | Inkling 2 Small |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1244.2 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1455 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1443 | 1493 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1660 | 1654 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1661 | 1637 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1593 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 | 97.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| GameBench 2 | Not measured | 59.0 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Not measured | 16.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 30.6 | 26.7 | Inkling 2 Small |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index52
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 1.9% | 4.2% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 38.9% | 28.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 46.6% | 38.0% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 21.7% | 13.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 70.0% | 69.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 2.9% | 4.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| Vals Science Index | 32.7% | 31.7% | Inkling 2 Small |
| APEX-Agents | 46.8% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| MCP Atlas | 85.4% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index43
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 25.2% | 21.6% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 44.1% | 35.1% | Inkling 2 Small |
| HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | 13.7% | Inkling 2 Small |
| CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.0% | 29.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| ARC-AGI | 96.5% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1421 | 1468 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1478 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1424 | 1488 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1266 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1288 | 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 index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | Not measured | 63.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1467 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1481 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| MathArena | 42.4% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.1% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| AA-Omniscience | 16.1 | -10.8 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: science | 1409 | 1455 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1445 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1451 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1415 | 1451 | 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 | Inkling 2 Small | 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 index410
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 56.1% | 54.8% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 88.6% | 83.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.3% | 74.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| GDPval-AA | 1630 | 1615 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text | 1403 | 1451 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1408 | 1445 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1348 | 1402 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1260 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1418 | 1473 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1390 | 1430 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1516 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1461 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1362 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1411 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1474 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1462 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1377 | 1415 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1441 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1408 | 1443 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1403 | 1455 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1381 | 1418 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1359 | 1414 | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1274 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1346 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1273 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1236 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1236 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | 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 | Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Thinking Machines | Xiaomi |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | November 9, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.14 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.00 | $0.28 |
| Coding index | 48.9 | 54.8 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Inkling 2 Small better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding?
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding: it scores 54.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 48.9 for Inkling 2 Small. Pick Inkling 2 Small for work measured by LMArena WebDev or Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Inkling 2 Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
Inkling 2 Small costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.00 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, Inkling 2 Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the Inkling 2 Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?
44 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Inkling 2 Small'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.