Inkling Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Updated October 21, 2026. 53 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding: it scores 72.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 29.9 for Inkling Small.
Inkling Small is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.
- Shared results
- 53
- Inkling Small only
- 31
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro only
- 20
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 72.6 against 29.9.
1 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 46.3 against 25.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Inkling Small has a AA Agentic Index result, 23.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Inkling Small has a GPQA Diamond result, 83.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Inkling Small has a MMLU Pro result, 85.6%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro has a Design Arena: websites result, 1308.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads, 57.8% against 27.6%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Inkling Small $0.0010, MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Inkling Small has the number, $0.16.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Inkling Small 29.9 from 1 benchmark, MiMo-V2.6-Pro 72.6 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 27.5 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Inkling Small 19.1% against MiMo-V2.6-Pro 85.2%, 66.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Inkling Small $1.20 against MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.87 per million output tokens, 1.4x apart.
- Context window
- Inkling Small takes 524K 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 Small | Bars | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 13 | 1 tie | |
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 5 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 5 | ||
| General | 0 | 19 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 52 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index013
| Benchmark | Inkling Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 81.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1409 | 1625 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| AA Coding Index | 52.9 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.9% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 82.2% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 0.0% | 31.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 19.1% | 85.2% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 13.7% | 43.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | 0.5% | Tie |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 9.3% | 39.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 55.1% | 67.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 33.6% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 64.1% | 72.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SciCode | 49.7% | 60.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1158.1 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1450 | 1533 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1447 | 1528 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1399 | 1639 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1398 | 1616 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1410 | 1598 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Inkling Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 25.7 | 46.3 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.3 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Inkling Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 23.5 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1291 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 76.7% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 88.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 47.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 3.0% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 41.3% | 57.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 15.4% | 32.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 25.5% | 47.1% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 2.9% | 13.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 31.8% | 62.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.9% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 54.4% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Inkling Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.6% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 79.6% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 15.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.5% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 33.3% | 49.4% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 88.5% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| ARC-AGI | 84.0% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 6.0% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1423 | 1511 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1441 | 1541 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1429 | 1520 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1251 | 1281 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1257 | 1264 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Inkling Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 90.0% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 46.3% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 17.1% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| ProofBench | 6.0% | 70.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: math | 1459 | 1500 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1441 | 1511 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Inkling Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 85.6% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 83.0% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 69.6% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 75.5% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 62.3% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 37.9% | 45.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1428 | 1506 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1413 | 1497 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1415 | 1485 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1413 | 1468 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1308 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1338 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1314 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1337 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1330 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1317 | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 78.5% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index019
| Benchmark | Inkling Small | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 27.6% | 57.8% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 72.3% | Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 59.4% | 68.9% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 32.7% | 45.0% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 84.1% | 88.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 50.0% | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 75.7% | 86.3% | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text | 1413 | 1491 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1399 | 1491 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1334 | 1466 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision | 1237 | 1263 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: English | 1421 | 1504 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1401 | 1474 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1464 | 1529 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: German | 1408 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1401 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1367 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1435 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1422 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1394 | 1479 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1428 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1416 | 1466 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1402 | 1501 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1357 | 1470 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1352 | 1465 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1243 | 1268 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1292 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1243 | 1270 | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1207 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1205 | Not measured | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Inkling 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
MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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 Small | Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Thinking Machines | Xiaomi |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | July 30, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 524K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.45 | $0.435 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.20 | $0.87 |
| Coding index | 29.9 | 72.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.16 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Inkling Small better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding?
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro for coding: it scores 72.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 29.9 for Inkling Small. Inkling Small is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.
Which is cheaper, Inkling Small or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
Inkling Small costs $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs $0.435 and $0.87. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.
Which has the bigger context window, Inkling Small or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?
MiMo-V2.6-Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Inkling Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro comparison based on?
53 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Inkling Small's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and MiMo-V2.6-Pro's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.