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Step 5 Preview vs MiMo v2.6 Flash

6 prompts both ran·Specs and numbers·Change models

Step 5 Preview took 10 min 44 s and $0.33 at list price, MiMo v2.6 Flash took 24 min 20 s and $0.040 at list price. MiMo v2.6 Flash took 2.3× as long, and Step 5 Preview cost 8.1× as much.

Step 5 Preview

StepFun · $2.70/M out · 155 HN pts

MiMo v2.6 Flash

Xiaomi · $0.28/M out · 5 HN pts

Pelican

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Step 5 Preview's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Step 5 Preview

32 s$0.0196.9k tokensAPI
MiMo v2.6 Flash's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Flash

52 s$0.00311k tokensAPI

Watch

Draw a mechanical wristwatch that shows the current local time, with a sweeping seconds hand and a date window. Make it look expensive.

Still of Step 5 Preview's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Step 5 Preview

22 s$0.0134.9k tokensAPI
Still of MiMo v2.6 Flash's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Flash

11 min 19 s$0.01450k tokensAPI

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.

Still of Step 5 Preview's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Step 5 Preview

4 min 7 s$0.1453k tokensAPI
Still of MiMo v2.6 Flash's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Flash

8 min 49 s$0.01346k tokensAPI

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.

Still of Step 5 Preview's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Step 5 Preview

1 min 55 s$0.06825k tokensAPI
Still of MiMo v2.6 Flash's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Flash

44 s$0.00621k tokensAPI

Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark.

Step 5 Preview's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Step 5 Preview

3 min 41 s$0.08431k tokensAPI
MiMo v2.6 Flash's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Flash

2 min 23 s$0.00416k tokensAPI

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 workshop based in Rotterdam, dedicated to keeping vintage synthesizers alive and playable. We are technicians, musicians, and obsessive tinkerers who believe that classic analog instruments deserve better than silence. From temperamental Jupiter-8s to worn-out ARP Odysseys, we restore, repair, and maintain the machines that shaped the sound of modern music. Every repair starts with listening—both to the instrument and to the person who plays it. Whether you are chasing a rare fault, need a full calibration, or simply want your old synth to feel new again, our bench is open. We understand that no two synthesizers arrive with the same story, and we treat each circuit, slider, and key with the care its history deserves. At Patchbay, we are here to make sure the sounds of tomorrow are built on those that came before.

Step 5 Preview

7 s$0.003919 tokensAPI

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.

MiMo v2.6 Flash

13 s<$0.001178 tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

Step 5 PreviewMiMo v2.6 Flash
MakerStepFunXiaomi
Made inChinaChina
Released8 Oct 202621 Sep 2026
Price in, per M tokens$1.00$0.14
Price out, per M tokens$2.70$0.28
Context1,048,576 tokens1,050,000 tokens
Weightsopenopen
Hacker News points1555
Time for the six prompts10 min 44 s24 min 20 s
List price of the six prompts$0.33$0.040

MiMo v2.6 Flash was cheaper: $0.29 less at list price, and less on 5 of the 6 prompts. Step 5 Preview was faster: 13 min 36 s less in total, and faster on 4 of the 6 prompts.

In the recording, Step 5 Preview's Breakout game plays; MiMo v2.6 Flash's stopped painting.

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