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Open-weight MiMo-V2.6-Pro trails GPT-6 Astra but is 57x cheaper

A comparison of open-weight and proprietary large language models shows GPT-6 Astra leading MiMo-V2.6-Pro by 6.4 points. Despite this performance gap, MiMo-V2.6-Pro is significantly more cost-effective, costing 57 times less per million output tokens. AI

IMPACT Highlights the trade-offs between performance and cost in open-weight vs. proprietary LLMs.

RANK_REASON Comparison of model performance and cost. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Open-weight MiMo-V2.6-Pro trails GPT-6 Astra but is 57x cheaper

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    ⚖️ Open vs proprietary, today Open-weight: MiMo-V2.6-Pro - 46.3 Proprietary: GPT-6 Astra - 52.7 Gap: 6.4 points · and 57x cheaper per 1M output tokens https://

    ⚖️ Open vs proprietary, today Open-weight: MiMo-V2.6-Pro - 46.3 Proprietary: GPT-6 Astra - 52.7 Gap: 6.4 points · and 57x cheaper per 1M output tokens https:// olud.ai/leaderboard.html # OpenSource # AI # LLM