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

Side A

Side B

Overall

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is clearly better. It wins 47 of the 75 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-Pro spends 3.1× as many thinking tokens per test case.

Thinking tokensAnswer tokens

TaskAMiMo-V2.6-ProBMiniMax M3.1 FlashMiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax M3.1 Flash

Overall

482m 13s

5.9K2.3K

3521.3s

Agents

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

474m 48s

8.7K3.1K

3637.0s

Structured Extraction

Turns logs, diffs and records into exact JSON

601m 26s

3.4K1.1K

487.96s

Coding

Writes code and SQL that pass hidden tests

242m 58s

10.7K4.6K

5840.6s

Grounded Answers

Answers from the given documents with sources, never guesses

621m 9s

3.2K1.2K

339.75s

Instruction Following

Applies every rule, including ones changed mid-conversation

591m 23s

4.5K1.7K

5314.7s

Business Logic

Computes billing, scheduling and pricing rules exactly

571m 52s

7.1K3.5K

2425.9s

Security & permissions

Ignores planted instructions, still does the allowed work

711m 41s

3.6K1.3K

3012.7s

Diagnosis & investigation

Chooses diagnostic checks, repairs supported causes and verifies recovery

02m 54s

6.2K2.1K

022.8s

What you'd run

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

SpecAMiMo-V2.6-ProBMiniMax M3.1 Flash

Speed

55 tok/s

135 tok/s

Machine

Hosted

Memory at 32K

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Context

1.1M

Cost per run

$1.80

Not measured

Cost per case

$0.012

Not measured

Time per case

2m 13s

21.3s

Quantization

BF16

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Harness

openrouter

The race

7 lead changes

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

MiMo-V2.6-ProMiniMax M3.1 Flash

Every test case

153 test cases

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

Agents54

Structured Extraction86

Coding211

Grounded Answers82

Instruction Following64

Business Logic81

Security & permissions100

Diagnosis & investigation00

47 won by MiMo-V2.6-Pro28 won by MiniMax M3.1 Flash78 tied