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MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) vs Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed

Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-10-20.

MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed
Vendorminimaxxiaomi
Quality Score100100
Input PriceFree$4.35/M
Output PriceFree$8.70/M
Context Window1,000,0001,048,576
Max Output524,288131,072
Tool Calling✓✓
Structured Output✓✓
Reasoning Mode✓✓
Vision✓✓
Audio-✓

The verdict

For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) costs $0 and MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed costs $6.52, so MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) is free for the same work.

Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,000,000 and 1,048,576 tokens, about 1,500 and 1,573 pages.

Only MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed offers audio input.

Across the 10 tasks where they differ, MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) scores higher on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).

MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) was released in October 2026 and MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed in September 2026.

Pick MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores; pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed if you need audio input.

Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.

Who wins by task?

TaskMiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free)Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed
SQL Generation 134 132
Code Completion 132 117
Code Documentation 132 129
Regex Writing 120 117
CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup 134 132
JSON Extraction 132 121
Bulk Data Labeling 130 118
Long-Document Summarization 138 136
Short-Form Summarization 124 113
Blog Post Writing 122 120

Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →

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