# MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash (slim)

> MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B scores 61 (C) to MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 50.5 (D) 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 MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 50.5 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B: C 61, rank #43 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mimo-v2-6-distill-qwen-9b.min.md
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: D 50.5, rank #99 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-m3-1-flash.min.md
- 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 larger. Ahead on Reach, 70 against 40; Risk, 60 against 35.
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, good for Teams with a 4 to 8 GPU server who want an open multimodal agent and coding model with 1M tokens of context and can meet the licence's attribution and notice terms.

| Category | MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 70 | 40 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 35 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 40 | 41 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Xiaomi (MiMo team) | MiniMax |
| Licence | MIT (metadata only, no LICENSE file); built on Qwen3.5-9B under Apache 2.0 | MiniMax Community License (custom; commercial use needs a "Built with MiniMax M3.1-Flash" line and a one-time notice to MiniMax, and MiniMax's written authorisation above $20M yearly revenue) |
| Last release | 2026-09-21 | 2026-10-23 |