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Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash

MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 45.7 to 4.8.

NVIDIA · Xiaomi · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 45.7 to 4.8, ranking #29 overall.

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

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

Choose MiMo-V2.6-Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 45.7 and ranks #29 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Xiaomi
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
4.8
#303
45.7
#29
Reasoning
5.3
#297
43.2
#42
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 · 16 for MiMo-V2.6-Flash

No common benchmarks found

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and MiMo-V2.6-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

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

301.0B diff

MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 301.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1, making it 3762.5% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
8.0Bparameters
Xiaomi
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
309.0Bparameters
8.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
309.0B
MiMo-V2.6-Flash

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

MiMo-V2.6-Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 does not.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while MiMo-V2.6-Flash uses MIT.

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

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 was released on 2025-03-18, while MiMo-V2.6-Flash was released on 2026-09-22.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is 18 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mar 18, 2025

1.5 years ago

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

Sep 22, 2026

-1 days ago

1.5yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while MiMo-V2.6-Flash's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without MiMo-V2.6-Flash's cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Dec 2023

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash.

Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 45.7 to 4.8. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is made by NVIDIA and MiMo-V2.6-Flash is made by Xiaomi. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 compare to MiMo-V2.6-Flash in benchmarks?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 scores MATH-500: 95.4%, MBPP: 84.6%, MT-Bench: 81.0%, IFEval: 79.3%, BFCL v2: 63.6%. MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores CyberGym: 95.1%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 87.6%, OSWorld-Verified: 80.8%, MiMo Cyber Bench: 77.2%, Toolathlon-Verified: 73.6%.

What are the main differences between Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (4.8 vs 45.7), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is developed by NVIDIA and MiMo-V2.6-Flash is developed by Xiaomi.

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