MiMo-V2.5 vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: MiMo-V2.5 by Xiaomi or Qwen3.6 35B A3B (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 35B A3B (Reasoning) vs MiMo-V2.5: 16.5% less intelligence, 1347.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 29.7% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | MiMo-V2.5 | Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 21.8 | 18.2 | −16.5% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 16.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $61.93 | $896.39 | +1347.4% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 14× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 66.80s | 46.94s | −29.7% Qwen3.6 35B A3B (Reas… is 29.7% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.13 / $0.27 | $0.38 / $2.25 | |
| 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 35B A3B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
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