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Step 5 Preview vs MiMo v2.6 Pro

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Step 5 Preview took 10 min 44 s and $0.33 at list price, MiMo v2.6 Pro took 36 min 46 s and $0.12 at list price. MiMo v2.6 Pro took 3.4× as long, and Step 5 Preview cost 2.7× as much.

Step 5 Preview

StepFun · $2.70/M out · 155 HN pts

MiMo v2.6 Pro

Xiaomi · $0.87/M out · 169 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 Pro's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Pro

2 min 23 s$0.0088.9k 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 Pro's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Pro

7 min 54 s$0.02528k 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 Pro's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Pro

11 min 29 s$0.03844k 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 Pro's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Pro

7 min 3 s$0.02731k 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 Pro's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

MiMo v2.6 Pro

7 min 47 s$0.02428k 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 spend our days with soldering irons and oscilloscopes, coaxing life back into instruments that were built to last and mostly did, until they didn't.

Between us we cover decades of combined experience with analog and early digital circuitry, from the classics of Roland, Korg, Moog, and ARP to the odd, wonderful machines that never made it big. We treat every repair with the same care, whether it's a flagship polysynth or a broken drum machine with a devoted following.

Our workshop sits in the west of the city. You're welcome to visit — bring the instrument, bring the story behind it. We like hearing both.

What we don't know we research, and what we can't source we sometimes fabricate. Nothing gets written off before we've tried.

MiMo v2.6 Pro

10 s<$0.001204 tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

Step 5 PreviewMiMo v2.6 Pro
MakerStepFunXiaomi
Made inChinaChina
Released8 Oct 202621 Sep 2026
Price in, per M tokens$1.00$0.435
Price out, per M tokens$2.70$0.87
Context1,048,576 tokens1,050,000 tokens
Weightsopenopen
Hacker News points155169
Time for the six prompts10 min 44 s36 min 46 s
List price of the six prompts$0.33$0.12

MiMo v2.6 Pro was cheaper: $0.21 less at list price, and less on 5 of the 6 prompts. Step 5 Preview was faster: 26 min 2 s less in total, and faster on each of the 6 prompts.

In the recording, both Breakout games play.

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