MiMo-V2.5 vs Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: MiMo-V2.5 by Xiaomi or Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick MiMo-V2.5
Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) vs MiMo-V2.5: 1.8% less intelligence, 1749.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 66.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 21.8 | 21.4 | −1.8% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 1.8% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $61.93 | $1,145.36 | +1749.4% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 18× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 66.56s | 110.87s | +66.6% Qwen3.6 27B (Reasonin… is 66.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.13 / $0.27 | $0.60 / $3.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- MiMo-V2.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) scores 34.50 for $56.4.
- Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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