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Kimi K2.8 Preview vs MiMo-V2-Flash

Comparing Kimi K2.8 Preview and MiMo-V2-Flash across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Moonshot AI · Xiaomi · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Kimi K2.8 Preview and MiMo-V2-Flash trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Kimi K2.8 Preview also accepts a larger context window (1,048,576 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Kimi K2.8 Preview

  • you process long inputs — it offers a 1,048,576 token context window
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose MiMo-V2-Flash

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Benchmark wins
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Context window
1,048,576
256,000

Individual benchmarks

0 reported for Kimi K2.8 Preview · 15 for MiMo-V2-Flash

No common benchmarks found

Kimi K2.8 Preview and MiMo-V2-Flashdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Kimi K2.8 Preview accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to MiMo-V2-Flash's 256,000 tokens. Only MiMo-V2-Flash specifies output context (16,384 tokens).

Moonshot AI
Kimi K2.8 Preview
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output- tokens
Xiaomi
MiMo-V2-Flash
Input256,000 tokens
Output16,384 tokens
Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Kimi K2.8 Preview supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiMo-V2-Flash does not.

Kimi K2.8 Preview can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Kimi K2.8 Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MiMo-V2-Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Kimi K2.8 Preview is licensed under a proprietary license, while MiMo-V2-Flash uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Kimi K2.8 Preview

Proprietary

Closed source

MiMo-V2-Flash

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Kimi K2.8 Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while MiMo-V2-Flash was released on 2025-12-16.

Kimi K2.8 Preview is 9 months newer than MiMo-V2-Flash.

Kimi K2.8 Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

8mo newer
MiMo-V2-Flash

Dec 16, 2025

9 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Kimi K2.8 Preview is available from Moonshot AI. MiMo-V2-Flash is available from Xiaomi.

Kimi K2.8 Preview

moonshot logo
Unknown Organization

MiMo-V2-Flash

xiaomi logo
Xiaomi
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.30/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Kimi K2.8 Preview and MiMo-V2-Flash side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Kimi K2.8 Preview
✓ Preferred
MiMo-V2-Flash
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Kimi K2.8 Preview vs MiMo-V2-Flash.

Which is better, Kimi K2.8 Preview or MiMo-V2-Flash?

Kimi K2.8 Preview (Moonshot AI) and MiMo-V2-Flash (Xiaomi) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Kimi K2.8 Preview compare to MiMo-V2-Flash in benchmarks?

MiMo-V2-Flash scores AIME 2025: 94.1%, Arena-Hard v2: 86.2%, MMLU-Pro: 84.9%, HMMT 2025: 84.4%, GPQA: 83.7%.

What are the context window sizes for Kimi K2.8 Preview and MiMo-V2-Flash?

Kimi K2.8 Preview supports 1.0M tokens and MiMo-V2-Flash supports 256K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Kimi K2.8 Preview and MiMo-V2-Flash?

Key differences include context window (1.0M vs 256K), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Kimi K2.8 Preview and MiMo-V2-Flash?

Kimi K2.8 Preview is developed by Moonshot AI and MiMo-V2-Flash is developed by Xiaomi.