MiMo 2.6 Flash
Shares rank 50 of 72 language models by recommenders
Recommended as a fast, decent model that is worth trying. Critics report it sometimes loops endlessly and often barely thinks before answering.
Recommended as a fast, decent model that is worth trying. Critics report it sometimes loops endlessly and often barely thinks before answering.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Decent model overall
“They’ve definitely polluted their training data with claudeslop, but looking past the slop there is a decent model.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “MiMo v2.6” “the Xiaomi MiMo - Flash model did well”
Comment from 24 Oct 2026 in “Root shell on Samsung TV”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Gets stuck in loops
“mimo v2.5 flash (tended to loop real hard)”
Comment from 29 May 2026 in “Step 3.7 Flash” “it ends up in infinite loops”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “MiMo v2.6”
Other language models people recommend
The four most recommended other language models, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus | 3,331 | 2,746 | 55% | 13 | 4 mo156 owners | — |
| OpenAI GPT | 1,205 | 987 | 55% | 13 | 6 mo47 owners | — |
| Claude Sonnet | 854 | 586 | 59% | 13 | 6 mo46 owners | — |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 828 | 223 | 79% | 8 | 1 mo24 owners | Approved |
| MiMo 2.6 FlashThis page | 10 | 4 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the model often times spends next to zero time thinking about a problem”
“the Xiaomi MiMo - Flash model did well”
“I didn't find MiMo2.6-Flash in the same tier”
“the most capable model you can currently run on 2x Sparks”
“I'm not sure I trust the "no training" policy”
“it ends up in infinite loops”
“It's at least worth a try.”
“none of them are able to finish the task”
“They’ve definitely polluted their training data with claudeslop, but looking past the slop there is a decent model.”
“flash is crazy fast, but I've found performance variable”
“mimo v2.5 flash (tended to loop real hard)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.