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Inkling Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash

MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads Inkling Small on coding, 54.7 to 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 4.3x less per output token ($0.28 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 60 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Inkling Small Replace MiMo-V2.6-Flash
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
2
MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi
Coding
54.7
Overall
60.8
Output $/M
$0.28
57
vs boards won of 60 shared, 1 tied

Inkling Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash: which to pick

Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding: it scores 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small, though on 3 benchmarks against 4.

Pick Inkling Small for work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) or LMArena Text: Japanese, where it leads.

Model AInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved taskModel BMiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi54.7/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
60
Inkling Small only
24
MiMo-V2.6-Flash only
6
Like-for-like categories
7 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.

At a glance

Coding index
Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 54.7 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 24.2 points apart on average over 14 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Inkling Small 19.1% against MiMo-V2.6-Flash 79.0%, 59.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Inkling Small $1.20 against MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.28 per million output tokens, 4.3x apart.
Context window
Inkling Small takes 524K 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryInkling SmallBarsMiMo-V2.6-FlashTies
Coding0131 tie
Intelligence01
Agentic work05
Reasoning06
Math03
Knowledge05
General224
All shared boards2571 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index013
Coding benchmarks for Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkInkling SmallMiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
LMArena WebDev14091634MiMo-V2.6-Flash
AA Coding Index52.9Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)85.9%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)82.2%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)0.0%24.2%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)19.1%79.0%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Code migration (Vals AI)13.7%40.9%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.5%0.5%Tie
IOI (Vals AI)9.3%47.7%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)55.1%76.4%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
SkillsBench (Vals AI)33.6%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)64.1%75.4%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
SciCode49.7%51.3%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
ALE-BenchNot measured1244.2Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
LMArena Text: coding14501499MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT14471497MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena WebDev: React13991648MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML13981641MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an image14101596MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkInkling SmallMiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
AA Intelligence Index25.737.9MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index150.3Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Agentic work benchmarks for Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkInkling SmallMiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
AA Agentic Index23.5Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
SREBench (Vals AI)Not measured4.2%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)41.3%56.3%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)15.4%28.5%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)25.5%38.0%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)2.9%13.3%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)31.8%65.5%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)Not measured69.3%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)Not measured4.3%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Vals Science IndexNot measured31.7%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Reasoning benchmarks for Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkInkling SmallMiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
GPQA Diamond83.6%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)Not measured21.6%Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)89.5%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)33.3%35.1%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)88.5%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI84.0%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
ARC-AGI-240.1%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
Mystery game puzzles6.0%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14231475MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: expert14411496MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14291493MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams12511276MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Vision: homework12571283MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Math benchmarks for Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkInkling SmallMiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
OTIS Mock AIME90.0%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 346.3%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
FrontierMath, tier 417.1%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
ProofBench6.0%63.0%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: math14591476MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14411478MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Knowledge benchmarks for Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkInkling SmallMiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
MMLU Pro85.6%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)83.0%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)69.6%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)75.5%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)62.3%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)37.9%41.1%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
SimpleQA Verified19.1%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
LMArena Text: science14281462MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14131439MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14151441MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14131454MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkInkling SmallMiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index224
General benchmarks for Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkInkling SmallMiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
Vals Index27.6%54.8%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)59.4%67.6%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
SAGE (Vals AI)32.7%43.5%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MedScribe (Vals AI)84.1%85.3%MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Vals Multimodal Index50.0%Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)75.7%74.3%Inkling Small
LMArena Text14131453MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following13991452MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing13341403MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Vision12371256MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: English14211476MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14011431MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese14641509MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: German14081458MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese14011359Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Korean13671425MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: French14351480MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14221453MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Russian13941409MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: Polish14281455MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn14161447MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14021459MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language13571424MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13521415MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Vision: English12431269MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Vision: Chinese1292Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: reading text12431270MiMo-V2.6-Flash
LMArena Vision: humor1207Not measuredOnly Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12051231MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
BenchmarkInkling SmallMiMo-V2.6-FlashLeader
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 Small$0.0010Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.0003Fits in one request

MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.0078Fits in one request

MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request
MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.031Fits in one request

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.

Specifications of Inkling Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash
SpecificationThinking Machines Inkling SmallXiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Flash
MakerThinking MachinesXiaomi
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 30, 2026September 21, 2026
Context window524K1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.45$0.14
Output $/Mtok$1.20$0.28
Coding index27.354.7
Independent measurements behind it43
Cost per solved task$0.16Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Inkling Small better than MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding?

Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash for coding: it scores 54.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small, though on 3 benchmarks against 4. Pick Inkling Small for work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) or LMArena Text: Japanese, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Inkling Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

Inkling Small costs $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs $0.14 and $0.28. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.

Which has the bigger context window, Inkling Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the Inkling Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash comparison based on?

60 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Inkling Small'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.

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