MiMo V2.6 Pro vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Wins 3 of 6 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Long documents
Wins 2 of 6 areas
Agents · Images and charts
MiMo V2.6 Pro wins more areas, narrowly.Qwen3.8 Max Preview is better at agents.
Both rank among the ten best models we track in long documents.
Scores updated · 19 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20MiMo V2.6 Pro2 of 2 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software21MiMo V2.6 Pro2 of 3 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10MiMo V2.6 Pro1 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own02Qwen3.8 Max Preview2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video01Qwen3.8 Max Preview1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Images and charts and long documents rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
MiMo V2.6 Pro costs 84% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where MiMo V2.6 Pro pulls ahead
- Research-level physics problemsCritPt+8.9points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+8.8points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+6.3points ahead
Where Qwen3.8 Max Preview pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+11.8points ahead
- Completes tasks by operating a computer desktopOSWorld-Verified+4.1points ahead
- Complex command-line tasks across many fieldsTerminal-Bench 4.0+4.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 19 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingMiMo V2.6 Pro
- SciCodeMiMo V2.6 Pro by 8.860.952.1+8.8
- LMArena · WebDevQwen3.8 Max Preview by 47 rating points16251672+47 rating
- Terminal-Bench 2.1MiMo V2.6 Pro by 1.189.988.8+1.1
AgentsQwen3.8 Max Preview
- OSWorld-VerifiedQwen3.8 Max Preview by 4.18286.1+4.1
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Qwen3.8 Max Preview by 4.134.838.9+4.1
- GDPValtie59.258.3tie
ReasoningMiMo V2.6 Pro
- CritPtMiMo V2.6 Pro by 8.926.617.7+8.9
- Humanity's Last ExamMiMo V2.6 Pro by 6.349.443.1+6.3
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.8 Max Preview by 11.859.471.2+11.8
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyMiMo V2.6 Pro by 3.234.931.7+3.2
Images and chartsQwen3.8 Max Preview
- LMArena · VisionQwen3.8 Max Preview by 50 rating points12631313+50 rating
Other results7 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- Agents' Last ExamQwen3.8 Max Preview by 20.831.652.4+20.8
- CyberGymMiMo V2.6 Pro by 15.59478.5+15.5
- DeepSWE 1.1MiMo V2.6 Pro by 15.371.956.6+15.3
- JobBenchMiMo V2.6 Pro by 8.66253.4+8.6
- Toolathlon VerifiedMiMo V2.6 Pro by 4.476.972.5+4.4
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3.8 Max Preview by 3.68.412+3.6
- AA Intelligencetie46.345.4tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, MiMo V2.6 Pro or Qwen3.8 Max Preview?
MiMo V2.6 Pro wins three of the six areas where both have results: coding, reasoning and long documents. Qwen3.8 Max Preview wins agents and images and charts. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
MiMo V2.6 Pro. It wins 2 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Qwen3.8 Max Preview wins 1.
Which is cheaper?
MiMo V2.6 Pro costs $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max Preview costs $2.00 and $6.00. That makes MiMo V2.6 Pro about 84% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 19 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 12 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 7 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.