# Arete-27B vs MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B (slim)

> MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B scores 61 (C) to Arete-27B's 55.1 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Arete-27B's 55.1 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Arete-27B leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Arete-27B: C 55.1, rank #123 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arete-27b.min.md
- MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B: C 61, rank #47 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mimo-v2-6-distill-qwen-9b.min.md
- Arete-27B, good for Agents that want Qwen3.8-27B's coding and tool use without its handling of politically sensitive topics, on a 24 GB card or a 128 GB machine Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 63 against 40.
- MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B, good for Researchers and agents that want a small coding and terminal-agent model to fine-tune further on a 24 GB GPU, or to run at 4-bit through Ollama in about 8 GB. Ahead on Reach, 80 against 50; Risk, 65 against 55; Agent interface, 70 against 60.

| Category | Arete-27B | MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 50 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 65 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 63 | 40 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arete-27B | MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | Xiaomi (MiMo team) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT (metadata only, no LICENSE file); built on Qwen3.5-9B under Apache 2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-09-21 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reach, MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B +30: Arete-27B 50 (Memory 10, the only build from Nous Research is the 54.7 GB BF16 release, which needs about 66 GB and fits the reference machine.); MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B 80 (Memory 30 of 30, Ollama's library build at q4_K_M is 6.6 GB, 7.9 GB with a fifth added, while Xiaomi's only build is BF16 at 18.85 GB.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Arete-27B +23: Arete-27B 63 (Model card 8, no limitations, context length, languages or cut-off.); MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B 40 (Model card 5 of 20, intended use and parameters only.)
- Risk, MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B +10: Arete-27B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no remote code.); MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code runs.)
- Agent interface, MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B +10: Arete-27B 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.)