Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) by Anthropic or MiMo-V2.6-Pro by Xiaomi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro vs Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning): 123.7% more intelligence, 86.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 131.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 20.7 | 46.3 | +123.7% MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 2.2× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,501.22 | $206.66 | −86.2% MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 86.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 20.84s | 48.29s | +131.7% MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 131.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $0.43 / $0.87 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Speech, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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