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AI labs compared · October 2026

MiniMax vs Xiaomi: which AI lab is ahead?

Each lab's best model on sale goes head to head on every kind of work we measure, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. 9 models in all; a lab is only as good as the model you would actually pick from it.

5 models on sale with our resultsMiniMax Best: MiniMax-M3 · newest: MiniMax-M3

4 models on sale with our resultsXiaomi Best: MiMo-V2.6-Pro · newest: MiMo-V2.6-Pro

MiniMax wins 0Xiaomi wins 4

Kinds of work led by each lab's best model there, of the 4 both are measured on.

Results as of 8 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-08-4199ce0620fe). Models on sale means listed on OpenRouter today.

MiniMax or Xiaomi? The short answer

Xiaomi is ahead: its best models beat MiniMax's in all 4 kinds of work both are measured on.

Pick Xiaomi for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.
Prices start at $0.52 per million tokens for MiniMax (MiniMax-M3) and $0.18 for Xiaomi (MiMo-V2.6-Flash).

Head to head

29.2MiniMax-M3

Best Intelligence Index

46.3MiMo-V2.6-Pro

$0.52MiniMax-M3

Flagship price, per million tokens

$0.54MiMo-V2.6-Pro

$0.52MiniMax-M3

Cheapest model, per million tokens

$0.18MiMo-V2.6-Flash

Models on sale with our results

Each line names the model behind the number. Prices are blended, three input tokens to one output, at the developer's list price where we have read it; see every model's price. Intelligence Index from Artificial Analysis; overall score from our leaderboard.

Which lab is better for what

For each kind of work, each lab's best model there and its rank among every model on sale. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls

74 of 164MiniMax-M3 15 of 164MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects

39 of 51MiniMax-M3 not measured

Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge

38 of 198MiniMax-M3 10 of 198MiMo-V2.6-Pro

WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality

66 of 188MiniMax-M3 20 of 188MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers

95 of 152MiniMax-M3 8 of 152MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Every model, by intelligence and price

Each dot is a model on sale with an Intelligence Index from Artificial Analysis. Up is smarter; left is cheaper. Hover or tap a dot for its name.

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Benchmark by benchmark

The headline result of every benchmark both labs have models on: each lab's best model and its rank among the models on sale. Green marks the better rank.

Measure	MiniMax	Xiaomi
Agents and tool use
Artificial Analysis · Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better	2.0%MiniMax-M3 · 44 of 105	34.8%MiMo-V2.6-Pro · 13 of 105
Artificial Analysis · Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better	65.2%MiniMax-M3 · 37 of 115	65.2%MiMo-V2.5-Pro · 37 of 115
Artificial Analysis · τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better	15.3%MiniMax-M3 · 55 of 113	9.9%MiMo-V2.5-Pro · 72 of 113
Reasoning and knowledge
Artificial Analysis · Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better	29.2MiniMax-M3 · 50 of 198	46.3MiMo-V2.6-Pro · 12 of 198
Artificial Analysis · Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better	39.0%MiniMax-M3 · 41 of 197	49.4%MiMo-V2.6-Pro · 9 of 197
Artificial Analysis · GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better	92.9%MiniMax-M3 · 14 of 187	86.6%MiMo-V2.5-Pro · 62 of 187
Sticking to the facts
Arena (formerly LMArena) · Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better	1,434MiniMax-M3 · 69 of 113	1,483MiMo-V2.6-Pro · 8 of 113
Writing
Arena (formerly LMArena) · Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better	1,440MiniMax-M3 · 63 of 166	1,480MiMo-V2.6-Pro · 20 of 166
UGI Leaderboard · Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better	41.7MiniMax-M2.5 · 80 of 138	57.4MiMo-V2.5-Pro · 40 of 138

Quick answers

Is MiniMax or Xiaomi better?

Xiaomi is ahead: its best models beat MiniMax's in all 4 kinds of work both are measured on.

What is MiniMax's best model?

MiniMax-M3: 29.2 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

What is Xiaomi's best model?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro: 46.3 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Which is better for agents and tool use, MiniMax or Xiaomi?

Xiaomi: its best model there, MiMo-V2.6-Pro, ranks 15 of 164 models on sale, against 74 for MiniMax's MiniMax-M3.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, MiniMax or Xiaomi?

Xiaomi: its best model there, MiMo-V2.6-Pro, ranks 10 of 198 models on sale, against 38 for MiniMax's MiniMax-M3.

Which is better for writing, MiniMax or Xiaomi?

Xiaomi: its best model there, MiMo-V2.6-Pro, ranks 20 of 188 models on sale, against 66 for MiniMax's MiniMax-M3.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax or Xiaomi?

Xiaomi's cheapest model with results, MiMo-V2.6-Flash, costs $0.18 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $0.52 for MiniMax-M3 from MiniMax.

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