Inkling 2 Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads Inkling 2 Small on coding, 61.8 to 48.9 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($0.87 vs $1.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 44 benchmarks have a result for both.
Inkling 2 Small or MiMo-V2.6-Pro: which to pick
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding: it scores 61.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 48.9 for Inkling 2 Small.
Pick Inkling 2 Small for work measured by LMArena WebDev or SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 44
- Inkling 2 Small only
- 7
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro only
- 38
- 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-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 61.8 against 48.9.
3 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small leads, 30.6 against 29.9.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro has a Design Arena: websites result, 1311.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 57.8% against 56.1%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Inkling 2 Small
Inkling 2 Small $0.0008, MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Inkling 2 Small 48.9 from 3 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.6-Pro 61.8 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- General, 11.9 points apart on average over 14 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI): Inkling 2 Small 12.6% against MiMo-V2.6-Pro 31.3%, 24.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Inkling 2 Small $1.00 against MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.87 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
- Context window
- Inkling 2 Small takes 1.05M tokens, MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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-Pro | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 7 | 1 tie | |
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 3 | 1 tie | |
| Reasoning | 3 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 2 | ||
| General | 1 | 13 | ||
| All shared boards | 13 | 29 | 2 ties |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index57
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 64.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1647 | 1625 | Inkling 2 Small |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 12.6% | 31.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 81.5% | 85.2% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | 0.5% | Tie |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 39.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.8% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 43.1% | 41.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 72.7% | 72.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SciCode | 52.3% | 60.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.1% | 34.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| FrontierCode 2.0 | 25.4% | 24.0% | Inkling 2 Small |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1158.1 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1455 | 1534 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1443 | 1528 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1660 | 1637 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1661 | 1622 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1597 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 | 97.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| GameBench 2 | Not measured | 70.9 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Not measured | 27.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 30.6 | 29.9 | 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 index23
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1270 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 84.8% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 77.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 36.4% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 1.9% | 3.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 38.9% | 32.4% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 46.6% | 47.1% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 21.7% | 13.8% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 70.0% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 2.9% | 2.9% | Tie |
| Vals Science Index | 32.7% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| APEX-Agents | 46.8% | 54.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| MCP Atlas | 85.4% | Not measured | Only Inkling 2 Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index34
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 79.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 25.2% | 15.3% | Inkling 2 Small |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 44.1% | 49.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 28.7% | 15.2% | Inkling 2 Small |
| CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.0% | 34.0% | 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 | 1511 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1478 | 1539 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1424 | 1517 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1283 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1265 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | Not measured | 70.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1495 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1514 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| AA-Omniscience | 16.1 | -4.5 | Inkling 2 Small |
| LMArena Text: science | 1409 | 1504 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1492 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1486 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1415 | 1466 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1311 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1333 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1312 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1336 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1319 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1316 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1292 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 74.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index113
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 56.1% | 57.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 72.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 88.6% | 84.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.3% | 86.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| GDPval-AA | 1630 | 1692 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text | 1403 | 1492 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1408 | 1492 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1348 | 1468 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1266 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1418 | 1503 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1390 | 1475 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1528 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1377 | 1477 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1408 | 1471 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1403 | 1503 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1381 | 1469 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1359 | 1463 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1270 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1274 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | 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
Inkling 2 Small costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Inkling 2 Small costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Inkling 2 Small 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-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | $0.435 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.00 | $0.87 |
| Coding index | 48.9 | 61.8 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Inkling 2 Small better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding?
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding: it scores 61.8 on the Vibe Coding Index against 48.9 for Inkling 2 Small. Pick Inkling 2 Small for work measured by LMArena WebDev or SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Inkling 2 Small or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
Inkling 2 Small costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs $0.435 and $0.87. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Inkling 2 Small or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the Inkling 2 Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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-Pro's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.