IBM Granite 4.2 3B vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
IBM Granite 4.2 3B is developed by IBM, while MiMo-V2.6-Flash comes from Xiaomi. IBM Granite 4.2 3B was released in August 2026, and MiMo-V2.6-Flash followed a month later in September 2026. MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the larger model at roughly 309 billion parameters, against 3 billion for IBM Granite 4.2 3B.
We have 13 benchmark results for IBM Granite 4.2 3B and 16 benchmark results for MiMo-V2.6-Flash, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
IBM Granite 4.2 3B is the cheaper API at $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.12 per million output tokens, roughly 5 times cheaper than MiMo-V2.6-Flash at $0.14 and $0.28. MiMo-V2.6-Flash takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 131K for IBM Granite 4.2 3B. IBM Granite 4.2 3B accepts text as input, while MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts text, images, audio, and video. On tooling, only MiMo-V2.6-Flash supports function calling and only MiMo-V2.6-Flash offers structured output.
| Characteristic | IBM Granite 4.2 3B | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Company | IBM | Xiaomi |
| Release Date | August 25, 2026 | September 22, 2026 |
| Parameters | 3B | 309B |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 131K | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 131K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.03 | $0.14 |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.12 | $0.28 |
| Average Score | 55.7% | 55.6% |
Verdict
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: IBM Granite 4.2 3B — 0.6, MiMo-V2.6-Flash — 0.6.
IBM Granite 4.2 3B is 2.8x cheaper: input $0.03/1M vs $0.14/1M tokens.
MiMo-V2.6-Flash supports a larger context: 1M vs 131K tokens.
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is newer: released 9/22/2026 vs 8/25/2026.
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