# MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL vs ZAYA1-8B (slim)

> MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL 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.

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MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL and ZAYA1-8B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). ZAYA1-8B leads on reach and risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL: C 61, rank #75 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mimo-v2-6-flash-rl.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-Flash-RL, good for Teams with a GPU server, or a provider account, that want an open agent model with a very long context Ahead on Agent interface, 85 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 59 against 50.
- ZAYA1-8B, good for People who want a small, fast reasoning model for maths and code and can live without tool calling Ahead on Reach, 80 against 65; Risk, 55 against 45.

| Category | MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL | ZAYA1-8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 45 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 59 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL | ZAYA1-8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Xiaomi (MiMo team) | Zyphra |
| Licence | MIT (metadata only, no LICENSE file) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-28 | 2026-07-02 |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL +25: MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (3,868 characters), with a copy in tokenizer_config.json.); ZAYA1-8B 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (10,700 characters).)
- Reach, ZAYA1-8B +15: MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL 65 (Memory 5, the smallest build at 4 bits or better is ggml-org's MXFP4 GGUF, 168.93 GB with its projector, and 168.93 GB × 1.2 = 202.7 GB, within 256 GB.); ZAYA1-8B 80 (Memory 30, the smallest build from Zyphra is the MXFP4-Experts repository, 5.85 GB, and 5.85 GB × 1.2 = 7.0 GB, within 16 GB.)
- Risk, ZAYA1-8B +10: MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL 45 (File safety 5, the weights are safetensors, but the dflash folder's mask_embedding.pt is a pickle beside them (15).); ZAYA1-8B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)
- Documentation and upkeep, MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL +9: MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL 59 (Model card 14, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters, the context and the languages (in the metadata) are on the card.); ZAYA1-8B 50 (Model card 5, Intended use and the parameter counts are on the card.)