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

MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads the LLM Stats Score 49.8 to 14.3.

Xiaomi · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads the overall LLM Stats Score 49.8 to 14.3, ranking #19 overall.

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

Choose MiMo-V2.6-Pro

  • overall performance matters — it scores 49.8 and ranks #19 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-Pro
Xiaomi
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
49.8
#19
14.3
#240
Reasoning
45.2
#30
11.6
#255
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.43 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.87 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

18 reported for MiMo-V2.6-Pro · 15 for Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

No common benchmarks found

MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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

946.6B diff

MiMo-V2.6-Pro has 946.6B more parameters than Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct, making it 1289.6% larger.

Xiaomi
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
1.0Tparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
73.4Bparameters
1020.0B
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
73.4B
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

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

Xiaomi
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
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-Pro 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-Pro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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-Pro

MIT

Open weights

Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

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

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

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

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-Pro'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-Pro's cutoff date.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

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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-Pro and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro
✓ Preferred
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
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FAQ

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

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

MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads the LLM Stats Score 49.8 to 14.3. MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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-Pro compare to Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct in benchmarks?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores CyberGym: 94.0%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 89.9%, OSWorld-Verified: 82.0%, MiMo Cyber Bench: 81.7%, Toolathlon-Verified: 76.9%. 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-Pro and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro 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-Pro and Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (49.8 vs 14.3), licensing (MIT vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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

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

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