Head to head · tested 27 Oct 2026

MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen3 Coder Next: accuracy, speed and price

Similar accuracy; MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs less per question.

XiaomiMiMo-V2.6-Flash62.5% score · #36$0.00056 per question77 tok/sQwenQwen3 Coder Next62.5% score · #36$0.0017 per question106 tok/s

Verdict

Built from the measurements below

  • Accuracy is too close to call: MiMo-V2.6-Flash scored 62.5% and Qwen3 Coder Next 62.5% on the same 80 questions, a gap within what chance alone could produce.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash is 3.0× cheaper per question as billed ($0.00056 vs $0.0017), reasoning tokens included.
  • Qwen3 Coder Next generates text 1.4× faster: 106 tokens per second against 77.
  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts more context: 1.1M tokens against 262k.

Which should you choose?

Choose MiMo-V2.6-Flash for the lower cost per correct answer ($0.0009 against $0.0027), a 1.1M-token context window and more hosts to choose from on OpenRouter (10 against 1). Choose Qwen3 Coder Next for faster streaming. The widest subject gap is in humanities & social science: Qwen3 Coder Next answered 9 of 9 correctly, MiMo-V2.6-Flash 7 of 9. With so few questions per subject, treat this as a lead to test on your own prompts, not a result.

Accuracy gap +0.0 points (z = 0.00). A winner is called only when z is at least 1.96, the usual 95% threshold. Speed, latency and price need a 10% margin.

Head to head

Same questions, same prompt, same API

MeasureMiMo-V2.6-FlashQwen3 Coder NextEdge
Verification scoreHigher is better62.5%62.5%Too close to call
Cost per questionLower is better$0.00056$0.0017MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Output speedHigher is better77106Qwen3 Coder Next
Time to first tokenLower is better0.4 s0.4 sSimilar
End-to-end response timeLower is better5.4 s4.2 sQwen3 Coder Next
Tokens per questionLower is better1,8502,059MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Context windowHigher is better1.1M262kMiMo-V2.6-Flash

Side by side

Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values. The winner on each measure is marked in bold.

Every measure

MiMo-V2.6-Flash first, Qwen3 Coder Next second

Verification scorehigher is better
MiMo-V2.6-Flash62.5%
Qwen3 Coder Next62.5%
Cost per questionlower is better
MiMo-V2.6-Flash$0.00056
Qwen3 Coder Next$0.0017
Output speedhigher is better
MiMo-V2.6-Flash77
Qwen3 Coder Next106
Time to first tokenlower is better
MiMo-V2.6-Flash0.4 s
Qwen3 Coder Next0.4 s
End-to-end response timelower is better
MiMo-V2.6-Flash5.4 s
Qwen3 Coder Next4.2 s
Tokens per questionlower is better
MiMo-V2.6-Flash1,850
Qwen3 Coder Next2,059
Context windowhigher is better
MiMo-V2.6-Flash1.1M
Qwen3 Coder Next262k

Score vs. cost per question

Both models in color, every other model in grey

Most attractive quadrant0255075100$0.00001$0.0001$0.001$0.01$0.10Cost per question (USD, log) →Verification score (%) →Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BCommand AReka Flash 3Gemma 4 26B A4BGemma 4 31BQwen3.5 397B A17BHermes 4 405BMuse WonderGrok 4.7o3gpt-oss-20bMinistral 3 3B 2512Nova Micro 1.0Phi 4Granite 4.2 8BHy3GLM 5.3 FlashSolar Pro 4Trinity Large ThinkingMiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Claude Opus 5.5GPT-6.1 SolGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.4GPT-6 Lunagpt-oss-120bLlama 4 Maverick

Specifications and pricing

From OpenRouter's catalogue, plus the leaderboard's test dates

SpecificationMiMo-V2.6-FlashQwen3 Coder Next
CreatorXiaomiQwen
Released21 Sept 20264 Feb 2026
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReasoningYesNo
Inputtext, image, video, audiotext
Outputtexttext
Context window1.1M tokens262k tokens
Knowledge cutoff——
List price in / out per 1M$0.14 / $0.28$0.12 / $0.8
Blended price per 1M (3:1)$0.18$0.29
Cheapest hostGMICloud · $0.119 / $0.238Parasail · $0.12 / $0.8
Hosts on OpenRouter101
Last tested26 Oct 202626 Oct 2026

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MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen3 Coder Next: frequently asked questions

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
On accuracy they are statistically tied: MiMo-V2.6-Flash scored 62.5% and Qwen3 Coder Next 62.5% on the same 80 questions from open datasets. Similar accuracy; MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs less per question.
Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3 Coder Next?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper: $0.00056 per question as billed, against $0.0017. List prices: MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.14 in / $0.28 out, Qwen3 Coder Next $0.12 in / $0.8 out per million tokens.
Which is faster, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is faster at 106 output tokens per second, against 77. Time to first token: 0.4 s for MiMo-V2.6-Flash, 0.4 s for Qwen3 Coder Next.
Which has the larger context window, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen3 Coder Next?
MiMo-V2.6-Flash, with 1.1M tokens against 262k.