MiMo-V2-Flash vs Step 3.5 Flash

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

MiMo-V2-Flash and Step 3.5 Flash finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

MiMo-V2-Flash is the reasoning model in the pair, while Step 3.5 Flash is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Step 3.5 Flash gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for MiMo-V2-Flash.

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. MiMo-V2-Flash makes more sense if multimodal & grounded is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile; Step 3.5 Flash is the better fit if multilingual is the priority or you need the larger 256K context window.

Agentic

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

61.8

Step 3.5 Flash

60.2

63
Terminal-Bench 2.0
62
65
BrowseComp
66
58
OSWorld-Verified
54

Coding

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

50

Step 3.5 Flash

47.1

71
HumanEval
77
45
SWE-bench Verified
48
49
LiveCodeBench
45
52
SWE-bench Pro
49

Multimodal & Grounded

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

75.8

Step 3.5 Flash

66.7

78
MMMU-Pro
64
73
OfficeQA Pro
70

Reasoning

Step 3.5 Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

75.3

Step 3.5 Flash

78.3

76
SimpleQA
82
74
MuSR
82
85
BBH
83
74
LongBench v2
74
73
MRCRv2
73

Knowledge

Step 3.5 Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

58.8

Step 3.5 Flash

60.8

79
MMLU
84
78
GPQA
83
76
SuperGPQA
81
74
OpenBookQA
79
72
MMLU-Pro
76
14
HLE
12
71
FrontierScience
71

Instruction Following

Step 3.5 Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

84

Step 3.5 Flash

87

84
IFEval
87

Multilingual

Step 3.5 Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

79.1

Step 3.5 Flash

82.8

83
MGSM
86
77
MMLU-ProX
81

Mathematics

Step 3.5 Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

83.4

Step 3.5 Flash

84.5

79
AIME 2023
85
81
AIME 2024
87
80
AIME 2025
86
75
HMMT Feb 2023
81
77
HMMT Feb 2024
83
76
HMMT Feb 2025
82
78
BRUMO 2025
84
90
MATH-500
85

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, MiMo-V2-Flash or Step 3.5 Flash?

MiMo-V2-Flash and Step 3.5 Flash are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, MiMo-V2-Flash or Step 3.5 Flash?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.8 versus 58.8. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, MiMo-V2-Flash or Step 3.5 Flash?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 50 versus 47.1. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, MiMo-V2-Flash or Step 3.5 Flash?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 83.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, MiMo-V2-Flash or Step 3.5 Flash?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 75.3. Inside this category, MuSR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, MiMo-V2-Flash or Step 3.5 Flash?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.8 versus 60.2. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, MiMo-V2-Flash or Step 3.5 Flash?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.8 versus 66.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, MiMo-V2-Flash or Step 3.5 Flash?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 84. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, MiMo-V2-Flash or Step 3.5 Flash?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.8 versus 79.1. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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