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

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 8 shared benchmark results across 3 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Xiaomi
58.62/100
Margin
4.8pts
← winning
53.82/100
2 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: MiMo-V2.5 #62 (Estimated); Qwen3.6-27B #93 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. MiMo-V2.5 and Qwen3.6-27B share 8 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 3 results are unique to MiMo-V2.5; 46 to Qwen3.6-27B.

Updated July 21, 2026
Shared results
8
MiMo-V2.5 only
3
Qwen3.6-27B only
46
Comparable categories
3 / 8

Pick MiMo-V2.5 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 8 shared benchmark results across 3 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 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 58.62 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's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 65.8 against 59.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 65.8% to 59.3%. 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 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 and Qwen3.6-27B
CategoryMiMo-V2.5ΔQwen3.6-27B
CodingMiMo-V2.556.1Margin 21.4Qwen3.6-27B77.5
AgenticMiMo-V2.565.8Margin 6.5Qwen3.6-27B59.3
MultimodalMiMo-V2.579.0Margin 2.3Qwen3.6-27B76.7
KnowledgeMiMo-V2.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-27B53.3
MathMiMo-V2.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.6-27B89.2

Decisive benchmark drivers

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

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A · MiMo-V2.5B · Qwen3.6-27B
  1. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 65.8%B 59.3%
    Winner: MiMo-V2.5Δ 6.5
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: MiMo-V2.5 scored 65.8%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 59.3%. MiMo-V2.5 wins this benchmark.
  2. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 56.1%B 53.5%
    Winner: MiMo-V2.5Δ 2.6
    SWE-bench Pro: MiMo-V2.5 scored 56.1%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 53.5%. MiMo-V2.5 wins this benchmark.
  3. CharXiv

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 81%B 78.4%
    Winner: MiMo-V2.5Δ 2.6
    CharXiv: MiMo-V2.5 scored 81%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 78.4%. MiMo-V2.5 wins this benchmark.
  4. MMMU-Pro

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 77.9%B 75.8%
    Winner: MiMo-V2.5Δ 2.1
    MMMU-Pro: MiMo-V2.5 scored 77.9%; Qwen3.6-27B scored 75.8%. MiMo-V2.5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricMiMo-V2.5Qwen3.6-27BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensMiMo-V2.5Not availableQwen3.6-27B$0 input / $0 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondMiMo-V2.5Not availableQwen3.6-27BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenMiMo-V2.5Not availableQwen3.6-27BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensMiMo-V2.51MQwen3.6-27B262KMiMo-V2.5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticMiMo-V2.5 wins
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5Qwen3.6-27BResult
Claw-EvalSource 62.3%72.4%Qwen3.6-27B leads
MM-ClawBenchSource 23.8%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 65.8%59.3%MiMo-V2.5 leads
Gert LabsSource 46.89%54.84%Qwen3.6-27B leads
ResearchClawBenchSource 16.9%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 53.4%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource 1487Not comparable
AndroidWorldSource 70.3%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 27.0%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 94.2%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 32.0%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1140Not comparable
CodingQwen3.6-27B wins
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5Qwen3.6-27BResult
SWE-bench ProSource 56.1%53.5%MiMo-V2.5 leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 65.8%59.3%MiMo-V2.5 leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.2%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 71.3%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource 83.9%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 36.2%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 53.7%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 39.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5Qwen3.6-27BResult
AA-LCRSource 68.7%Not comparable
CritPtSource 1.1%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5Qwen3.6-27BResult
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
HLESource 24%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 37.0%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 84.2%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 21.6%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -19.8%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 19.2%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 48.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5Qwen3.6-27BResult
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
MultimodalMiMo-V2.5 wins
BenchmarkMiMo-V2.5Qwen3.6-27BResult
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source 87.7%87.7%Tie
CharXivSource 81%78.4%MiMo-V2.5 leads
MMMU-ProSource 77.9%75.8%MiMo-V2.5 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1291Not comparable
MMMUSource 82.9%Not comparable
RealWorldQASource 84.1%Not comparable
DynaMathSource 85.6%Not comparable
MStarSource 81.4%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 56.1%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
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-V2.5Qwen3.6-27BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 67.6%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

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

MiMo-V2.5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 58.62 to 53.82. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 65.8% and 59.3%.

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

Qwen3.6-27B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.5 versus 56.1. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

MiMo-V2.5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.8 versus 59.3. Inside this category, Claw-Eval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, MiMo-V2.5 or Qwen3.6-27B?

MiMo-V2.5 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 76.7. Inside this category, CharXiv 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
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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