Inkling 2 Small vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash: speed, latency and cost

Inkling 2 Small leads the intelligence index 30.6 to 26.7. MiMo-V2.6-Flash costs 63% less on blended price. Benchmarks, sample bills, speed and a verdict.

Metric	Inkling 2 Small	MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Intelligence Index	30.6	26.7
Input price (per 1M tokens)	$0.30	$0.14
Output price (per 1M tokens)	$1.00	$0.28
Output speed (tokens/s)	139	36
Time to first token	2.2s	3.5s
Release date	2026-11-05	2026-09-21

Metric

Inkling 2 Small

MiMo-V2.6-Flash

Intelligence Index

30.6

26.7

Input price (per 1M tokens)

$0.30

$0.14

Output price (per 1M tokens)

$1.00

$0.28

Output speed (tokens/s)

139

Time to first token

2.2s

3.5s

Release date

2026-11-05

2026-09-21

Here is how Inkling 2 Small, built by Thinking Machines, lines up against MiMo-V2.6-Flash from Xiaomi. Throughput is the standout difference: 139 tokens per second for Inkling 2 Small against 36 tokens per second for MiMo-V2.6-Flash. What follows is built entirely from tracked data, so where the catalogue is silent, this page says so instead of guessing.

Inkling 2 Small is the faster writer

Once a response is under way, Inkling 2 Small produces roughly 139 tokens per second against 36 tokens per second for MiMo-V2.6-Flash. Inkling 2 Small is ahead by 287% on throughput. Before any text appears, Inkling 2 Small takes 2.2 seconds and MiMo-V2.6-Flash 3.5 seconds. MiMo-V2.6-Flash waits 1.6 times as long before its first token.

For a 600-token response, first token plus generation comes to roughly 6.6 seconds on Inkling 2 Small and 20 seconds on MiMo-V2.6-Flash.

Inkling 2 Small leads on the intelligence index

Inkling 2 Small comes out ahead on the intelligence index, 30.6 to 26.7. A lead of this size is hard to dismiss as noise.

Across the 109 active models with an intelligence score in the catalogue, Inkling 2 Small ranks 52nd and MiMo-V2.6-Flash ranks 64th.

There are no coding or math index scores for either model in the catalogue, which keeps this comparison at the aggregate level.

Generation gap

MiMo-V2.6-Flash came first, on September 21, 2026; Inkling 2 Small followed on November 5, 2026. They are effectively contemporaries.

Cost: MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper

Inkling 2 Small lists $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash lists $0.14 and $0.28. That makes MiMo-V2.6-Flash's output 72% cheaper.

Take 1 million input tokens and 200,000 output tokens: that comes to $0.50 on Inkling 2 Small and $0.20 on MiMo-V2.6-Flash. Scale it up to a chat app with 50,000 sessions of 800 input and 300 output tokens and the bill is $27.00 for Inkling 2 Small against $9.80 for MiMo-V2.6-Flash.

Is the price in proportion?

Dividing the blended price by the intelligence index gives a rough cost per point: $0.016 for Inkling 2 Small and $0.0066 for MiMo-V2.6-Flash, per million tokens. MiMo-V2.6-Flash delivers each index point for 58% less; whether Inkling 2 Small's extra 3.9 points are worth the premium depends on how often your tasks need them.

Common questions about Inkling 2 Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash

Is MiMo-V2.6-Flash better than Inkling 2 Small?

Not across the board: Inkling 2 Small scores higher on the intelligence index, 30.6 to 26.7; MiMo-V2.6-Flash is 63% cheaper on blended price; and Inkling 2 Small streams output 3.9 times as fast.

Are Inkling 2 Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash from the same company?

Inkling 2 Small is made by Thinking Machines and MiMo-V2.6-Flash by Xiaomi. Inkling 2 Small was released on November 5, 2026 and MiMo-V2.6-Flash on September 21, 2026.

Which is cheaper, Inkling 2 Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper on a blended basis. Inkling 2 Small lists $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.6-Flash lists $0.14 and $0.28. For 1 million input and 200,000 output tokens that is $0.50 against $0.20.

Where do these numbers come from?

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 newer, Inkling 2 Small or MiMo-V2.6-Flash?

Inkling 2 Small is newer. It was released on November 5, 2026, about a month after MiMo-V2.6-Flash (September 21, 2026).

Final whistle

Short answer: Inkling 2 Small has more going for it here, but MiMo-V2.6-Flash is not without an argument. Pick MiMo-V2.6-Flash if cost matters ($0.28 against $1.00 per million output tokens). Pick Inkling 2 Small if long outputs need to finish quickly and you need the higher overall score (30.6 against 26.7).

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 Inkling 2 Small and MiMo-V2.6-Flash pages. The AI Benchmark methodology explains how that data is collected and shown.