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MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Updated November 5, 2026. Rank says MiMo-V2.6-Pro is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

MiMo-V2.6-Pro has the higher public point estimate, 57.27 versus 26.39. Their conditional score ranges do not overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. 2 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
Xiaomi logo

Xiaomi

57.27/100

Estimated · Public rank #58

Conditional range 47.5–67.0

Model B
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NVIDIA

26.39/100

Estimated · Public rank #196

Conditional range 12.0–40.7

Shared results
2
MiMo-V2.6-Pro only
12
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only
11
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8
Estimated: MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4. Conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.How the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

No workload recommendation clears the current evidence threshold.

Use the matched evidence, workload costs, and sourced specifications below instead of treating a point score as a universal answer.

Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 are scored on Estimated evidence for agentic, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.

    Confidence: limited
  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    No clear pick

    The documented context windows are equal.

    Confidence: documented
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

57.1MiMo-V2.6-Pro18.8Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Directional only · BenchAlign v5.8

MiMo-V2.6-Pro has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

3 categories rest on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

A shared-evidence shape is not available.

BenchLM does not draw a radar or infer missing axes when the matched evidence is too sparse.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Agentic

Directional only
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
56.6
Estimated · #40/135
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
20.1
Estimated · #121/135
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 9 vs 4 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Coding

Directional only
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
57.1
Supported · #25/156
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
18.8
Estimated · #139/156
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 4 vs 4 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Knowledge

Directional only
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
62.3
Supported · #42/177
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
30.3
Estimated · #152/177
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 0 vs 4 public rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
82.5
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
58.8
Unranked · 1 rankable row
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Not ranked
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Not ranked
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Not ranked
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
71.4
#77/157
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Not ranked
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

MiMo-V2.6-Pro
$0.00087
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

MiMo-V2.6-Pro
$0.02436
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

MiMo-V2.6-Pro
$0.01812
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
Self-hosted; infrastructure cost varies
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 has no comparable published API token rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

API model ID

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Documented inputs

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Documented outputs

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Provider availability

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Reasoning

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Reasoning

Weight access

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Open Weight

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Open Weight

License

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Open Weight

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

Open Weight

Release date

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

2026-09-22

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

2026-08-11

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
MiMo-V2.6-Pro has the higher public point estimate, 57.27 versus 26.39. Their conditional score ranges do not overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Both models list 1M.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro has the higher public point estimate, 57.27 versus 26.39. Their conditional score ranges do not overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher for coding on the public lane, 57.1 to 18.8. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which is better for agentic tasks, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher for agentic tasks on the public lane, 56.6 to 20.1. MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 are scored on Estimated evidence for agentic tasks, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for agentic tasks from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.

Which costs less, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

Both models list the same context window, 1M.

Self-host vs API cost

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

MiMo-V2.6-Pro
API / mo$979
Self-host / mo$37,843
Break-even2.2B/day
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4
API / mo$0
Self-host / mo$298
Break-even—
Model the full break-even

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence25 rows

Agentic

  • Toolathlon-Verified

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro76.9%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • AutomationBench

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro53.1%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • Agents' Last Exam

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro31.6%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 4.0

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro34.90%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro89.9%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%
    Source

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads this result

  • OSWorld-Verified

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro82%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • JobBench

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro62.0%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • CyberGym

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro94.0%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • ExploitGym

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro17.8%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • PinchBench

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP483.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • τ³-bench results

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP49.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • DeepSWE

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro71.9%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • ProgramBench

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro26.5%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro89.9%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP423.5%
    Source

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads this result

  • Bug Hunt Bench

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro22.7 fixes
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench Verified

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP452.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE Multilingual

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP436.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SciCode

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP431.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • STEMBench

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro2.17
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4—

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA-D

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP475.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP410.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP481.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFBench

    MiMo-V2.6-Pro—
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP472.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

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Last updated November 5, 2026