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MiMo-V2.5-Pro vs Qwen3.6-27B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 21 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

70.19/100
Margin
16.4pts
← winning
53.82/100
1 category wins2 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: MiMo-V2.5-Pro #14 (Supported); Qwen3.6-27B #93 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. MiMo-V2.5-Pro and Qwen3.6-27B share 21 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 10 results are unique to MiMo-V2.5-Pro; 33 to Qwen3.6-27B.

Updated July 21, 2026
Shared results
21
MiMo-V2.5-Pro only
10
Qwen3.6-27B only
33
Comparable categories
3 / 8

Pick MiMo-V2.5-Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6-27B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 21 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

MiMo-V2.5-Pro is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 70.19 to 53.82. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

MiMo-V2.5-Pro's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 68.4 against 59.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 48% to 24%. Qwen3.6-27B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

MiMo-V2.5-Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Qwen3.6-27B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for MiMo-V2.5-Pro and Qwen3.6-27B
CategoryMiMo-V2.5-ProΔQwen3.6-27B
CodingMiMo-V2.5-Pro57.2Margin 20.3Qwen3.6-27B77.5
AgenticMiMo-V2.5-Pro68.4Margin 9.1Qwen3.6-27B59.3
KnowledgeMiMo-V2.5-Pro48.0Margin 5.3Qwen3.6-27B53.3
MathMiMo-V2.5-ProNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-27B89.2
MultimodalMiMo-V2.5-ProNot measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-27B76.7

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · MiMo-V2.5-ProB · Qwen3.6-27B
  1. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 48%B 24%
    Winner: MiMo-V2.5-ProΔ 24
    HLE: MiMo-V2.5-Pro scored 48%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 24%. MiMo-V2.5-Pro wins this benchmark.
  2. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 68.4%B 59.3%
    Winner: MiMo-V2.5-ProΔ 9.1
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: MiMo-V2.5-Pro scored 68.4%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 59.3%. MiMo-V2.5-Pro wins this benchmark.
  3. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 57.2%B 53.5%
    Winner: MiMo-V2.5-ProΔ 3.7
    SWE-bench Pro: MiMo-V2.5-Pro scored 57.2%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 53.5%. MiMo-V2.5-Pro wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricMiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3.6-27BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensMiMo-V2.5-ProNot availableQwen3.6-27B$0 input / $0 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondMiMo-V2.5-ProNot availableQwen3.6-27BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenMiMo-V2.5-ProNot availableQwen3.6-27BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensMiMo-V2.5-Pro1MQwen3.6-27B262KMiMo-V2.5-Pro lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticMiMo-V2.5-Pro wins
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3.6-27BResult
Claw-EvalSource 63.8%72.4%Qwen3.6-27B leads
GDPval-AASource 12651140MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
τ³-bench resultsSource 72.9%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 68.4%59.3%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 29.1%27.0%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 94.2%94.2%Tie
GDPval-AASource 38.3%32.0%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
APEX-Agents-AASource 2.4%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 62.70%54.84%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA BriefcaseSource 873Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 38.2%Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource 43.2%Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 65.2%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 73.3%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 53.4%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource 1487Not comparable
AndroidWorldSource 70.3%Not comparable
CodingQwen3.6-27B wins
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3.6-27BResult
SWE-bench ProSource 57.2%53.5%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 68.4%59.3%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA Coding IndexSource 60.2%53.7%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA-SciCodeSource 50.2%39.8%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.2%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 71.3%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource 83.9%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 36.2%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3.6-27BResult
AA-LCRSource 73.3%68.7%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
CritPtSource 4.0%1.1%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
KnowledgeQwen3.6-27B wins
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3.6-27BResult
HLESource 48%24%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
HLE w/o toolsSource 34%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 42.2%37.0%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 86.6%84.2%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA-HLESource 33.8%21.6%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 3.6%-19.8%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 22.6%19.2%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 24.5%48.3%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
AA Openness IndexSource 38.9%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 86.2%Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource 93.5%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 66%Not comparable
C-EvalSource 91.4%Not comparable
GPQASource 87.8%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3.6-27BResult
HMMT Feb 2025Source 93.8%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source 90.7%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 84.3%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 80.8%Not comparable
AIME26Source 94.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3.6-27BResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1298Not comparable
MMMUSource 82.9%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource 75.8%Not comparable
RealWorldQASource 84.1%Not comparable
DynaMathSource 85.6%Not comparable
MStarSource 81.4%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 56.1%Not comparable
CharXivSource 78.4%Not comparable
CC-OCRSource 81.2%Not comparable
CountBenchSource 97.8%Not comparable
RefCOCO (avg)Source 92.5%Not comparable
ERQASource 62.5%Not comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source 87.7%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource 84.4%Not comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)Source 86.6%Not comparable
V*Source 94.7%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 74.6%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5-ProQwen3.6-27BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 79.9%67.6%MiMo-V2.5-Pro leads
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, MiMo-V2.5-Pro or Qwen3.6-27B?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 70.19 to 53.82. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 48% and 24%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, MiMo-V2.5-Pro or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.6-27B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 53.3 versus 48. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, MiMo-V2.5-Pro or Qwen3.6-27B?

Qwen3.6-27B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.5 versus 57.2. Inside this category, AA-SciCode is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, MiMo-V2.5-Pro or Qwen3.6-27B?

MiMo-V2.5-Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.4 versus 59.3. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

MiMo-V2.5-Pro
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Qwen3.6-27B
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$429
Break-even
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 21, 2026

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