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MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 45.6 to 14.3.

Xiaomi · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 45.6 to 14.3, ranking #29 overall.

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

Choose MiMo-V2.6-Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 45.6 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

Choose Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Xiaomi
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
45.6
#29
14.3
#240
Reasoning
42.5
#45
11.6
#255
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.14 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.28 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

16 reported for MiMo-V2.6-Flash · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

No common benchmarks found

MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instructdon'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

235.6B diff

MiMo-V2.6-Flash has 235.6B more parameters than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct, making it 321.0% larger.

Xiaomi
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
309.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
73.4Bparameters
309.0B
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
73.4B
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only MiMo-V2.6-Flash specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens).

Xiaomi
MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

MIT

Open weights

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

MiMo-V2.6-Flash was released on 2026-09-22, while Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct was released on 2024-08-29.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is 25 months newer than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

Sep 22, 2026

-1 days ago

2.1yr newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Aug 29, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-06-30, while MiMo-V2.6-Flash's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct's training data extends to 2023-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without MiMo-V2.6-Flash's cutoff date.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

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Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Jun 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash
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Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct.

Which is better, MiMo-V2.6-Flash or Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 45.6 to 14.3. MiMo-V2.6-Flash is made by Xiaomi and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does MiMo-V2.6-Flash compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

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%. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.5%, VCR_en_easy: 91.9%, ChartQA: 88.3%, OCRBench: 87.7%, MMBench: 86.5%.

What are the context window sizes for MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash supports 1.0M tokens and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (45.6 vs 14.3), licensing (MIT vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is developed by Xiaomi and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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