llmrun

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 vs MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL leads llmrun Score 131.9 to 98.5; neither fits 24 GB.

Run MiMo V2.6 Flash RL in the cloud →

235.1B · 22.2B active · 256K context · Apache 2.0 · Jul 2025

ChatFunctions

309B · 15B active · 1M context · MIT · Sep 2026

ChatFunctions

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 if you want…

  • Fits a Mac 128 GB

    Q3_K_L · 122.4 GB; MiMo V2.6 Flash RL needs 93.8 GB at its smallest quant

  • Lighter on memory

    141.6 vs 185.8 GB at Q4_K_M

Choose MiMo V2.6 Flash RL if you want…

  • Higher llmrun Score

    131.9 vs 98.5

  • Stronger at coding

    123.6 vs 101.6

  • Longer context window

    1M vs 256K tokens

  • Newer release

    Sep 2026 vs Jul 2025

On your hardware

Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.

8 GB

RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 72.4 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 93.8 GB

12 GB

RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 72.4 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 93.8 GB

16 GB

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 72.4 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 93.8 GB

24 GBreference

RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 72.4 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 93.8 GB

32 GB

RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 72.4 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 93.8 GB

48 GB

RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 72.4 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 93.8 GB

Mac 32 GB

Mac Mini M4 · Macs

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 72.4 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 93.8 GB

Mac 64 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 72.4 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 93.8 GB

Mac 128 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Q3_K_L · ~21 tok/s

122.4 GB · up to 32Kbetter quant

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

IQ2_M · ~44 tok/s

105.4 GB · up to 256K

Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).

llmrun Score

with its 90% range · bars share one scale

Overall

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

98.595–102

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

131.9128–135

Coding

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

101.696–107

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

123.6114–133

Science

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

no data

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

121.6105–138

Reasoning

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

98.193–104

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

no data

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 · #63 of 106 open models · #41 of 82 that fit ≤192 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL · #5 of 106 open models · #1 of 82 that fit ≤192 GB

Benchmarks

The two models share no benchmark board.

14 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

1422.2#33/188 open

ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

1447.6#16/188 open

ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026

Only Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 (8)

Only MiMo V2.6 Flash RL (5)

VRAM by quantization

Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.

Q2_K

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

100 GB85.7 GB file

32K 103 GB · 128K 113 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

132 GB126.4 GB file

32K 133 GB · 128K 138 GB

Q3_K_S

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

103 GB101.4 GB file

32K 106 GB · 128K 116 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

Q3_K_M

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

115 GB112.4 GB file

32K 118 GB · 128K 128 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

151 GB~150.6 GB file

32K 153 GB · 128K 157 GB

Q4_0

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

118 GB133.1 GB file

32K 121 GB · 128K 130 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

155 GB~154.5 GB file

32K 156 GB · 128K 161 GB

Q4_K_M

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

142 GB142.2 GB file

32K 145 GB · 128K 154 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

186 GB~185.4 GB file

32K 187 GB · 128K 192 GB

Q5_K_M

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

168 GB166.8 GB file

32K 171 GB · 128K 180 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

221 GB~220.2 GB file

32K 222 GB · 128K 227 GB

Q6_K

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

194 GB193.0 GB file

32K 197 GB · 128K 207 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

255 GB~254.9 GB file

32K 257 GB · 128K 262 GB

Q8_0

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

236 GB249.9 GB file

32K 239 GB · 128K 248 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

309 GB~309.0 GB file

32K 311 GB · 128K 316 GB

15 more quants

IQ2_XS

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

71.0 GB65.6 GB file

32K 74.0 GB · 128K 83.5 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

93.1 GB98.7 GB file

32K 94.6 GB · 128K 99.4 GB

IQ2_S

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

74.0 GB66.1 GB file

32K 76.9 GB · 128K 86.4 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

IQ2_M

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

79.8 GB78.6 GB file

32K 82.8 GB · 128K 92.3 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

105 GB107.8 GB file

32K 106 GB · 128K 111 GB

IQ3_XXS

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

91.6 GB93.1 GB file

32K 94.6 GB · 128K 104 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

IQ3_XS

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

97.5 GB96.9 GB file

32K 100 GB · 128K 110 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

IQ3_S

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

not listed

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

132 GB146.8 GB file

32K 133 GB · 128K 138 GB

IQ3_M

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

106 GB107.3 GB file

32K 109 GB · 128K 119 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

139 GB148.6 GB file

32K 141 GB · 128K 146 GB

Q3_K_L

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

121 GB111.2 GB file

32K 124 GB · 128K 133 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

IQ4_XS

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

127 GB125.5 GB file

32K 130 GB · 128K 139 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

IQ4_NL

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

133 GB133.1 GB file

32K 136 GB · 128K 145 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

Q4_1

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

133 GB147.2 GB file

32K 136 GB · 128K 145 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

Q4_K_S

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

133 GB133.7 GB file

32K 136 GB · 128K 145 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

Q4_K_L

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

144 GB143.1 GB file

32K 147 GB · 128K 157 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

Q5_K_S

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

162 GB161.9 GB file

32K 165 GB · 128K 175 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

not listed

BF16

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

471 GB470.3 GB file

32K 474 GB · 128K 483 GB

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL

618 GB~618.0 GB file

32K 620 GB · 128K 625 GB

How to run each

Specifications

Specifications of Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 and MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
SpecQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
PublisherAlibabaXiaomi
Parameters235.1B309B
Active parameters22B per token15B per token
ArchitectureQwen3MoeForCausalLMMiMoV2ForCausalLM
Context256K tokens1M tokens
ModalitiesChat, Function-callingChat, Function-calling
LicenseApache 2.0MIT
ReleasedJul 2025Sep 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?

MiMo V2.6 Flash RL leads llmrun Score 131.9 to 98.5; neither fits 24 GB. Choose Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 for fits a Mac 128 GB and lighter on memory; choose MiMo V2.6 Flash RL for higher llmrun Score and stronger at coding.

Which needs less VRAM, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?

At Q4_K_M, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 requires 141.6 GB while MiMo V2.6 Flash RL needs 185.8 GB, making Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 the easier model to run on your local setup.

Can I run Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL on a 16 GB GPU?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 does not fit (smallest quant needs 72.4 GB); MiMo V2.6 Flash RL does not fit (smallest quant needs 93.8 GB).

Which has a longer context window, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 supports 262,144 tokens and MiMo V2.6 Flash RL supports 1,048,576 tokens.

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 vs MiMo V2.6 Flash RL — VRAM & GPU Comparison | llmrun