MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash, head to head

Side A

Side B

Overall

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is clearly better. It wins 38 of the 61 test cases where they differ.

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Task by task

A score turns orange only when that model wins clearly more of the task's test cases. Under each score, the average time per test case on the machine it ran on. MiMo-V2.6-Flash spends 2.3× as many thinking tokens per test case.

Thinking tokensAnswer tokens

TaskAMiMo-V2.6-FlashBMiniMax M3.1 FlashMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax M3.1 Flash

Overall

451m 21s

4.2K2.3K

3521.3s

Agents

Runs multi-step jobs through tools, within a written policy

381m 19s

2.2K3.1K

3637.0s

Structured Extraction

Turns logs, diffs and records into exact JSON

6238.0s

2.6K1.1K

487.96s

Coding

Writes code and SQL that pass hidden tests

242m 40s

9.9K4.6K

5840.6s

Grounded Answers

Answers from the given documents with sources, never guesses

6242.1s

2.6K1.2K

339.75s

Instruction Following

Applies every rule, including ones changed mid-conversation

641m 2s

4.8K1.7K

5314.7s

Business Logic

Computes billing, scheduling and pricing rules exactly

4356.4s

4.4K3.5K

2425.9s

Security & permissions

Ignores planted instructions, still does the allowed work

662m 6s

3.8K1.3K

3012.7s

Diagnosis & investigation

Chooses diagnostic checks, repairs supported causes and verifies recovery

01m 33s

1.5K2.1K

022.8s

What you'd run

The build behind each score. Orange marks the faster, smaller, cheaper or longer-context side.

SpecAMiMo-V2.6-FlashBMiniMax M3.1 Flash

Speed

66 tok/s

135 tok/s

Machine

Hosted

Memory at 32K

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Context

1.1M

Cost per run

$0.33

Not measured

Cost per case

$0.0021

Not measured

Time per case

1m 21s

21.3s

Quantization

BF16

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Harness

openrouter

The race

4 lead changes

Each model's running score as the test cases go by. The dashed line is a perfect run.

MiMo-V2.6-FlashMiniMax M3.1 Flash

Every test case

153 test cases

Each square is one test case, colored by the model that scored higher.

Agents32

Structured Extraction52

Coding211

Grounded Answers71

Instruction Following64

Business Logic62

Security & permissions91

Diagnosis & investigation00

38 won by MiMo-V2.6-Flash23 won by MiniMax M3.1 Flash92 tied