Gemini 3.8 Flash High vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro compared

Gemini 3.8 Flash High leads the intelligence index 30.8 to 29.9. MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 64% less on blended price. See token costs, speed and which to pick.

Metric	Gemini 3.8 Flash (High)	MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Intelligence Index	30.8	29.9
Input price (per 1M tokens)	$0.75	$0.435
Output price (per 1M tokens)	$3.75	$0.87
Output speed (tokens/s)	121	41
Time to first token	27s	3.0s
Release date	2026-09-02	2026-09-21

Metric

Gemini 3.8 Flash (High)

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Intelligence Index

30.8

29.9

Input price (per 1M tokens)

$0.75

$0.435

Output price (per 1M tokens)

$3.75

$0.87

Output speed (tokens/s)

121

Time to first token

27s

3.0s

Release date

2026-09-02

2026-09-21

On the headline score, Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) and Xiaomi's MiMo-V2.6-Pro are almost level. What follows is built entirely from tracked data, so where the catalogue is silent, this page says so instead of guessing. Gemini 3.8 Flash High streams output at about 121 tokens per second, 2.9 times the rate of MiMo-V2.6-Pro.

Gemini 3.8 Flash High is the faster writer

Measured output speed is 121 tokens per second for Gemini 3.8 Flash High and 41 tokens per second for MiMo-V2.6-Pro. On outputs beyond about 1,500 tokens, that is a real advantage for Gemini 3.8 Flash High. Before any text appears, Gemini 3.8 Flash High takes 27 seconds and MiMo-V2.6-Pro 3.0 seconds. So the two pull in opposite directions, with MiMo-V2.6-Pro quicker off the mark and Gemini 3.8 Flash High quicker once it gets going; the crossover is around 1,500 tokens.

Put together, a 400-token answer would take about 31 seconds from Gemini 3.8 Flash High and 13 seconds from MiMo-V2.6-Pro, counting the first-token wait.

When they came out

MiMo-V2.6-Pro arrived on September 21, 2026, 19 days after Gemini 3.8 Flash High (September 2, 2026). They are effectively contemporaries.

Benchmark scores

Gemini 3.8 Flash High comes out ahead on the intelligence index, 30.8 to 29.9. On an aggregate like this, under a point is effectively level.

For context, that places Gemini 3.8 Flash High 50th and MiMo-V2.6-Pro 55th out of 109 scored models still on offer.

Neither model has a separate coding or math index recorded yet, so those narrower comparisons will have to wait for more data.

Cost: MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper

Gemini 3.8 Flash High lists $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists $0.435 and $0.87. Gemini 3.8 Flash High costs 4.3 times as much per output token.

For a sample workload of 1 million input tokens and 200,000 output tokens, Gemini 3.8 Flash High would cost $1.50 and MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.61, a difference of $0.89. Scale it up to a month of coding-assistant traffic at 30 million input and 3 million output tokens and the bill is $33.75 for Gemini 3.8 Flash High against $15.66 for MiMo-V2.6-Pro.

Is the price in proportion?

Per point of intelligence index, Gemini 3.8 Flash High costs $0.049 of blended price per million tokens and MiMo-V2.6-Pro $0.018. MiMo-V2.6-Pro delivers each index point for 63% less; whether Gemini 3.8 Flash High's extra 0.9 points are worth the premium depends on how often your tasks need them.

Common questions about Gemini 3.8 Flash High and MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash High better than MiMo-V2.6-Pro?

It depends on what you need: Gemini 3.8 Flash High scores higher on the intelligence index, 30.8 to 29.9; MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 64% cheaper on blended price; Gemini 3.8 Flash High streams output 2.9 times as fast; and MiMo-V2.6-Pro reaches its first token sooner.

Which is faster, Gemini 3.8 Flash High or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?

Gemini 3.8 Flash High generates output faster, at 121 tokens per second against 41 tokens per second. MiMo-V2.6-Pro reaches its first token sooner (3.0 seconds against 27 seconds). Counting the first-token wait, MiMo-V2.6-Pro finishes short replies first and Gemini 3.8 Flash High pulls ahead beyond about 1,500 tokens.

Who makes Gemini 3.8 Flash High and MiMo-V2.6-Pro?

Gemini 3.8 Flash High is made by Google and MiMo-V2.6-Pro by Xiaomi. Gemini 3.8 Flash High was released on September 2, 2026 and MiMo-V2.6-Pro on September 21, 2026.

Was this comparison tested by hand?

The figures are the recorded benchmark, price and speed data in Franklin AI's model catalogue. This page is written from that data automatically; neither model was tested by hand for it.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash High or MiMo-V2.6-Pro?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper on a blended basis. Gemini 3.8 Flash High lists $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists $0.435 and $0.87. For 1 million input and 200,000 output tokens that is $1.50 against $0.61.

Final whistle

Short answer: MiMo-V2.6-Pro is the stronger all-round pick on this data, while Gemini 3.8 Flash High makes sense in narrower cases. Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro if cost matters ($0.87 against $3.75 per million output tokens) and users are waiting on the first word. Pick Gemini 3.8 Flash High if your outputs often run past about 1,500 tokens.

Where the numbers come from

The scores, speed and prices in this comparison come from independent third-party model evaluations that Franklin AI syncs each day, and the article was written from a snapshot of them. For the latest results, open the Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) and MiMo-V2.6-Pro pages. The AI Benchmark methodology explains how that data is collected and shown.