# MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B vs ZAYA1-8B (slim)

> MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B and ZAYA1-8B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mimo-v2-6-distill-qwen-9b-vs-zaya1-8b.md (~9,450 tokens) · this version ~630 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mimo-v2-6-distill-qwen-9b-vs-zaya1-8b.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mimo-v2-6-distill-qwen-9b-vs-zaya1-8b
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-11-10
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B and ZAYA1-8B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). ZAYA1-8B leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- 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
- ZAYA1-8B: C 61, rank #85 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zaya1-8b.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 to run at 4-bit through Ollama in about 8 GB. Ahead on Risk, 65 against 55; Agent interface, 70 against 60.
- ZAYA1-8B, good for People who want a small, fast reasoning model for maths and code and can live without tool calling Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 50 against 40.

| Category | MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B | ZAYA1-8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 80 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 40 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B | ZAYA1-8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Xiaomi (MiMo team) | Zyphra |
| Licence | MIT (metadata only, no LICENSE file); built on Qwen3.5-9B under Apache 2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-21 | 2026-07-02 |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Risk, MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B +10: MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code runs.); ZAYA1-8B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)
- Agent interface, MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B +10: MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B 70 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); ZAYA1-8B 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (10,700 characters).)
- Documentation and upkeep, ZAYA1-8B +10: MiMo-V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B 40 (Model card 5 of 20, intended use and parameters only.); ZAYA1-8B 50 (Model card 5, Intended use and the parameter counts are on the card.)