Xiaomi's Mimo 2.6 Pro claims best open-source model, 15x cheaper than Kimi K3

deedydas · x · 2026-09-22

Xiaomi released Mimo 2.6 Pro, claiming it's the best open-source model. Deedy tested it and came away impressed. His cost math under agentic coding assumptions (with cache hits): 15x cheaper than Kimi K3, 6x cheaper than GLM 5.3, 2x cheaper than DeepSeek V4, and only 2x pricier than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Cache-hit pricing is about $0.0036/M tokens.

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