F-16 also reportedly has a total of nine hardpoints, it boasts of more weapon storage capacity than the Mirage. Mirage is maybe better than Soviet MiG-21/25/27, but not better than F-16. Their comparative sizes explain it all. Some countries use both airplanes (like Greece), and they all agree that F-16 is better. While the Mirage has a maximum climbing speed of 60,000 feet per minute, the F-16 reportedly manages 50,000 feet per minute. It is armed with a better M61 Vulcan cannon in the left wing root, and the internal Vulcan cannon has an extremely high rate of firing (6,000 rounds per minute). 3.