Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) 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 Sonnet 4.6 (Max): 53.8% more intelligence, 95.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 35.8% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 46.3 | +53.8% MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 53.8% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,924.80 | $206.66 | −95.8% MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 95.8% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 75.21s | 48.29s | −35.8% MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 35.8% faster |
| 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 Sonnet 4.6 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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