Particle-1 vs MiMo v2.6 Flash
Particle-1 took 7 min 13 s and $0.056 at list price, MiMo v2.6 Flash took 24 min 20 s and $0.040 at list price. MiMo v2.6 Flash took 3.4× as long, and Particle-1 cost 1.4× as much.
Particle-1
Particle AI · $0.50/M out · 18 HN pts
MiMo v2.6 Flash
Xiaomi · $0.28/M out · 5 HN pts
Pelican
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Watch
Draw a mechanical wristwatch that shows the current local time, with a sweeping seconds hand and a date window. Make it look expensive.
Landing
Build the landing page for Lumen Cycles, a Copenhagen workshop that builds custom cargo bikes to order. Make it look like a real brand you would trust with 4,000 euros.
Breakout
Make a Breakout game I can play right now with the keyboard or the mouse. Give it several levels, a score and some juice.
Logo
Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark.
About
Write the opening of the About us page for Patchbay, a three-person studio in Rotterdam that repairs vintage synthesizers. About 150 words.
Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam dedicated to the repair and restoration of vintage synthesizers. We are engineers, musicians, and collectors who believe these instruments are not museum pieces but tools meant to be played, heard, and trusted on stage or in the studio. Our bench has seen everything from stubborn Moogs and fragile ARP boards to polysynths with corroded traces and keyboards that have traveled too many miles. We approach each repair with patience, documentation, and respect for the original design, while making sensible updates only where reliability demands them. Because we are a small team, you work directly with the person handling your instrument, from the first diagnosis to the final calibration. We also advise on maintenance, source hard-to-find parts, and help you decide when a repair is worthwhile. Patchbay exists to keep old synthesizers making new music.
Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam dedicated to the repair and restoration of vintage synthesizers. We work on instruments that have been sitting in attics, basements, and rehearsal rooms for decades — the ones that hum when they shouldn't, lose their voice, or refuse to power on at all. Our approach is patient and detail-oriented. We trace faults through aging circuit boards, source period-correct components when possible, and treat every repair as a conversation with the person who built the instrument, and the musicians who played it before it fell silent.
We believe these machines deserve to stay in circulation rather than end up in landfill. Whether it is a Moog, a Juno, or a machine you cannot name, bring it in and we will tell you honestly what it needs.
Specs and numbers
| Particle-1 | MiMo v2.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Particle AI | Xiaomi |
| Made in | — | China |
| Released | 28 Oct 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $0.05 | $0.14 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $0.50 | $0.28 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,050,000 tokens |
| Weights | closed | open |
| Hacker News points | 18 | 5 |
| Time for the six prompts | 7 min 13 s | 24 min 20 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.056 | $0.040 |
MiMo v2.6 Flash was cheaper: $0.016 less at list price, and less on 5 of the 6 prompts. Particle-1 was faster: 17 min 7 s less in total, and faster on 5 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, Particle-1's Breakout game plays; MiMo v2.6 Flash's stopped painting.





