IBM Granite 4.2 8B vs MiMo-V2.6-Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
IBM Granite 4.2 8B is developed by IBM, while MiMo-V2.6-Flash comes from Xiaomi. IBM Granite 4.2 8B 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 8 billion for IBM Granite 4.2 8B.
We have 18 benchmark results for IBM Granite 4.2 8B and 16 benchmark results for MiMo-V2.6-Flash, but they overlap on a single test: Terminal-Bench 2.1, where MiMo-V2.6-Flash scores 87.6% against 20.6%.
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is available through an API at $0.14 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for IBM Granite 4.2 8B, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | IBM Granite 4.2 8B | MiMo-V2.6-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Company | IBM | Xiaomi |
| Release Date | August 25, 2026 | September 22, 2026 |
| Parameters | 8B | 309B |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | — | 1.0M |
| Input Price / 1M | — | $0.14 |
| Output Price / 1M | — | $0.28 |
| Average Score | 56.7% | 55.6% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 87.6% |
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Verdict
MiMo-V2.6-Flash leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: IBM Granite 4.2 8B — 0.6, MiMo-V2.6-Flash — 0.6.
MiMo-V2.6-Flash is newer: released 9/22/2026 vs 8/25/2026.
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