MiMo V2.6 Flash API

xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash
MiMo V2.6 Flash is Xiaomi’s full-modality reasoning model for high-frequency, large-scale professional tasks, optimized for a strong balance of speed, quality, and cost.
Context
1M tokens
Input
$0.192556 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.385112 / 1M tokens
Released
Sep 21, 2026

Overview

What Is MiMo V2.6 Flash API?

MiMo V2.6 Flash is Xiaomi’s full-modality, high-intelligence, low-cost reasoning model for professional workflows and large-scale, high-frequency use cases.

It natively accepts text, image, video, and audio and returns text, with support for streaming, tool calling, and structured output in the provider catalogue.

Technical Reference

DeveloperXiaomi
Model IDxiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash
Release DateSeptember 21, 2026
Context Window1,048,576 tokens (~1.0M)
Max Output Tokens131,072 tokens
ModalitiesImage, Text, Video → Text
Capabilitiesreasoning, streaming, structured (JSON schema) output, tool/function calling, vision

What MiMo V2.6 Flash Brings to the Table

Multimodal input
The model supports joint understanding of text, image, video, and audio.

Reasoning-oriented positioning
Xiaomi describes MiMo V2.6 Flash as a reasoning model designed for high-frequency calls and large-scale tasks in professional workflows.

Developer-tool support
The provider catalogue lists streaming, tools, and structured_output among its capabilities.

Efficiency features
Xiaomi says the model uses a hybrid attention architecture with a 1:5 ratio of Global Attention to Sliding Window Attention, a window size of 128, and 3 MTP layers for faster inference.

Omni-modal understanding
Xiaomi’s model page describes capabilities including Omni-Modal Understanding and Deep Thinking.

API Pricing

  • Input: $0.192556 / 1M tokens
  • Output: $0.385112 / 1M tokens
  • Cached input: $0.0038511 / 1M tokens

Where MiMo V2.6 Flash Makes the Most Sense

Agentic workflows
The model is positioned for tasks that involve tool use, multi-step reasoning, and large-scale operational workflows.

Multimodal understanding
It can be used for tasks that require combined interpretation of images, video, audio, and text.

Professional automation
Xiaomi describes it as well suited to high-frequency calls and large-scale tasks in professional settings.

MiMo V2.6 Flash vs the Alternatives

MiMo V2.6 Pro
Xiaomi presents MiMo V2.6 Pro alongside Flash as part of the same MiMo V2.6 series, with Flash positioned as the lower-cost reasoning option.

Sources: https://mimo.mi.com/models/en-US/mimo-v2.6-flash · https://huggingface.co/XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL · https://www.fonearena.com/blog/492958/xiaomi-mimo-v2-6-pro-mimo-v2-6-flash-features.html/amp

Uptime and performance

  • Uptime (24h): 100%
  • Uptime (7d): 100%
  • Availability (24h): 100%
  • Error rate (24h): 0%
  • End-to-end latency (24h median): 40.7s
  • Time to first token (24h median): 4.5s
  • Throughput (24h median): 21.9 tok/s

Measured on the AI/ML API gateway across live traffic. Figures are medians unless stated. Last updated 2026-10-12.

Use cases

High-frequency professional workflows are a documented fit for MiMo V2.6 Flash, which is described as the “best balance for high-frequency calls and large-scale tasks in professional workflows.”

It is also suited to long multimodal analysis and agent runs, including repositories, tool traces, and multi-session work, where long-context handling is important.

Another documented use case is self-hosted coding-agent work and developer workflows, with the model family described as built for coding agents and professional workflows.

It is further suited to multimodal pipelines and computer-use tasks, including reading screenshots, video, or audio alongside text, as well as visual and interactive tasks in richer environments.

How to use MiMo V2.6 Flash API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

MiMo V2.6 Flash API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$0.192556 / 1M tokens
Output
$0.385112 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.0038511 / 1M tokens

Cached input is billed at roughly a fiftieth of the fresh-input rate, so workflows that re-send the same long prefix cost far less than the headline input price suggests.

MiMo V2.6 Flash Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreWhat it measuresSourceRetrieved
Intelligence
37.9
Composite score across standardised reasoning, knowledge and problem-solving evaluations, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceSeptember 27, 2026

MiMo V2.6 Flash vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
$0.192556 / 1M tokens
$0.385112 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Agentic workflows and structured output
$0.192556 / 1M tokens
$0.385112 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Reasoning + agents
$0.598299 / 1M tokens
$1.196598 / 1M tokens
1M tokens
Reasoning + agents

Frequently asked questions

MiMo V2.6 Flash is a full-modality reasoning model for high-frequency calls and large-scale professional tasks. It is positioned for reasoning-heavy workflows with streaming, tools, structured output, and multimodal understanding.

It accepts text, image, video, and audio inputs. Xiaomi describes it as a natively omnimodal model with joint understanding across those modalities.

It returns text output. The model is designed to understand multiple input modalities while producing text responses.

Yes, it supports tool call capability. Xiaomi lists tool call among its model capabilities.

Yes, it supports structured output. Xiaomi lists structured output as a capability for the model.

Yes, it supports streaming. Xiaomi lists streaming among the model capabilities.

Yes, it is described as a full-modality, high-intelligence, low-cost reasoning model. Xiaomi also highlights omnimodal understanding and deep thinking for the model.

Yes, Xiaomi describes it as jointly understanding images, video, audio, and text. The model is built for multimodal perception across those inputs.

It is aimed at high-frequency calls and large-scale tasks in professional workflows. Xiaomi presents it as the best balance of speed, quality, and cost for that use case.

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