MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Mistral Large 4 High compared

MiMo-V2.6-Pro leads the intelligence index 29.9 to 26.1. MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs 48% less on blended price. See token costs, speed and which to pick.

Metric	MiMo-V2.6-Pro	Mistral Large 4 (High)
Intelligence Index	29.9	26.1
Input price (per 1M tokens)	$0.435	$0.70
Output price (per 1M tokens)	$0.87	$2.10
Output speed (tokens/s)	41	139
Time to first token	3.0s	1.7s
Release date	2026-09-21	2026-10-29

Metric

MiMo-V2.6-Pro

Mistral Large 4 (High)

Intelligence Index

29.9

26.1

Input price (per 1M tokens)

$0.435

$0.70

Output price (per 1M tokens)

$0.87

$2.10

Output speed (tokens/s)

139

Time to first token

3.0s

1.7s

Release date

2026-09-21

2026-10-29

Choosing between MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Mistral Large 4 (High) also means choosing between Xiaomi and Mistral. Everything below is read from the benchmark, price and speed data in Franklin AI's catalogue; nothing here comes from a hands-on test. The biggest gap is output speed, where Mistral Large 4 High records 139 tokens per second and MiMo-V2.6-Pro 41 tokens per second.

Mistral Large 4 High is the faster writer

MiMo-V2.6-Pro generates about 41 tokens per second and Mistral Large 4 High about 139 tokens per second. Mistral Large 4 High is ahead by 239% on throughput. Time to first token is 3.0 seconds for MiMo-V2.6-Pro and 1.7 seconds for Mistral Large 4 High. In an interactive app, Mistral Large 4 High will feel noticeably more responsive.

Put together, a 2,000-token answer would take about 52 seconds from MiMo-V2.6-Pro and 16 seconds from Mistral Large 4 High, counting the first-token wait.

Overall capability: 3.8 points apart

MiMo-V2.6-Pro records 29.9 on the intelligence index and Mistral Large 4 High records 26.1. It is a meaningful gap rather than a rounding difference. Put another way, Mistral Large 4 High would need 15% more on this index to draw level.

Among 109 active scored models, MiMo-V2.6-Pro sits 55th and Mistral Large 4 High 65th.

Specialist coding and math indexes are missing for both, so treat the overall score as the only capability signal here.

Generation gap

The release dates are September 21, 2026 for MiMo-V2.6-Pro and October 29, 2026 for Mistral Large 4 High, 38 days apart. They are effectively contemporaries.

Token pricing and a sample bill

Per million tokens, MiMo-V2.6-Pro charges $0.435 for input and $0.87 for output, while Mistral Large 4 High charges $0.70 and $2.10. For output tokens, Mistral Large 4 High is 2.4 times the price of MiMo-V2.6-Pro.

For a sample workload of 1 million input tokens and 200,000 output tokens, MiMo-V2.6-Pro would cost $0.61 and Mistral Large 4 High $1.12, a difference of $0.51. A bigger example, a support assistant answering 10,000 conversations of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, costs $13.05 on MiMo-V2.6-Pro and $24.50 on Mistral Large 4 High: a gap of $11.45.

Value for money

Per point of intelligence index, MiMo-V2.6-Pro costs $0.018 of blended price per million tokens and Mistral Large 4 High $0.040. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher and costs less per point, so on price per point there is nothing to trade off.

Common questions about MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Mistral Large 4 High

Is MiMo-V2.6-Pro better than Mistral Large 4 High?

It depends on what you need: MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores higher on the intelligence index, 29.9 to 26.1; MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 48% cheaper on blended price; and Mistral Large 4 High streams output 3.4 times as fast.

Which is cheaper, MiMo-V2.6-Pro or Mistral Large 4 High?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is cheaper on a blended basis. MiMo-V2.6-Pro lists $0.435 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 High lists $0.70 and $2.10. For 1 million input and 200,000 output tokens that is $0.61 against $1.12.

Are MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Mistral Large 4 High from the same company?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro is made by Xiaomi and Mistral Large 4 High by Mistral. MiMo-V2.6-Pro was released on September 21, 2026 and Mistral Large 4 High on October 29, 2026.

Does MiMo-V2.6-Pro respond faster than Mistral Large 4 High?

Mistral Large 4 High generates output faster, at 139 tokens per second against 41 tokens per second. Mistral Large 4 High reaches its first token sooner (1.7 seconds against 3.0 seconds).

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.

Final whistle

In one line: it is close, with MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Mistral Large 4 High each holding a real advantage. Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro if you need the higher overall score (29.9 against 26.1) and cost matters ($0.87 against $2.10 per million output tokens). Pick Mistral Large 4 High if long outputs need to finish quickly and users are waiting on the first word.

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 MiMo-V2.6-Pro and Mistral Large 4 (High) pages. The AI Benchmark methodology explains how that data is collected and shown.