MiMo-V2.6-Distill-Qwen-9B is Xiaomi’s model fine-tuned from Qwen3.5-9B for coding and agent tasks. The Ollama version supports text and images.
Where it works well
- Coding and visual coding assistance.
- Text and image input.
- Tool calling in a compatible app.
Common use cases
- Explain an error and relevant code.
- Discuss a screenshot of an interface.
- Draft a small change for review.
Know its limits
- This is the 9B distilled model, not a larger MiMo 2.6 model.
- File access and actions require a connected app; review generated changes.
- Images and long conversations need more memory than the short-text estimate.
Run it on your computer
Compatibility: Use a current runtime with Qwen3.5 support.
Start with a compressed download and a short conversation. Our estimate is about 16 GB of total RAM or Mac unified memory, with room for the operating system. The listed 6.6–8.7 GB download is the model file, not its full running memory use.
Check the model’s supported runtime and hardware before loading it. System RAM on a PC and unified memory on a Mac are different from dedicated NVIDIA VRAM. A memory match doesn’t guarantee compatibility or speed. Choose a smaller model if responses are too slow.
Use a desktop app that supports the listed model format, such as LM Studio or Ollama. Download the exact local variant, load it in Chat, and start with one small task. Model downloads need internet; local chat can work offline once the model is downloaded.
Official model information
See the linked model sources for current capabilities. These use cases are practical starting suggestions, not performance guarantees.