Gemini 4 Argon vs MiMo-V2.6-Pro
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is 7.4× cheaper for typical traffic ; Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index (52.6 vs 46.3).
Prices checked Oct 21, 2026
| Gemini 4 Argon | MiMo-V2.6-Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Xiaomi | |
| Input / 1M tokens | $2.00 | $0.435 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $10.00 | $0.87 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.10 | $0.0036 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Max output | 944K | 131K |
| Intelligence index | 52.6 | 46.3 |
| Image input | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | Yes |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
Monthly cost for common workloads
| Workload | Gemini 4 Argon | MiMo-V2.6-Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Customer chatbot 1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each | $1,150 | $136 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 500 questions a day over retrieved documents | $238 | $41.79 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 200 tasks a day, long tool-heavy contexts | $447 | $61.00 |
| Content generation 30 long articles a day | $27.90 | $3.13 |
| Classification / extraction 100,000 short items a day | $2,250 | $431 |
Estimates include cached-input discounts where a model offers them. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.
Which one to choose
- Lowest cost: MiMo-V2.6-Pro — 7.4× cheaper on a 3:1 input/output mix.
- Longer documents: MiMo-V2.6-Pro reads up to 1.05M tokens at once.
- Capabilities: Gemini 4 Argon — vision, audio, tools, reasoning, JSON; MiMo-V2.6-Pro — vision, audio, tools, reasoning, JSON, open weights.