Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 vs Z.ai GLM 4.6
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- MiMo-V2.5 accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 205K tokens.
- MiMo-V2.5 output costs $0.238 per 1M via GMICloud, against the list price of $2.00.
- GLM 4.6's best provider was more reliable over 24 h: 100% vs 97.1%.
- MiMo-V2.5 is the newer model (released 2026-04-22).
| MiMo-V2.5 | GLM 4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Xiaomi | Z.ai |
| Released | 2026-04-22 | 2025-09-30 |
| Input / 1M | $0.40 | $0.50 |
| Output / 1M | $2.00 | $2.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.08 | $0.10 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.80 | $0.875 |
| Context | 1M | 205K |
| Max output | 66K | 131K |
| Accepts | text, image, audio, video | text |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 2 | 5 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.238 | $1.75 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 97.1% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | — |
Cost calculator
MiMo-V2.5
$54.00 per month$1.80 per day
GLM 4.6
$60.00 per month$2.00 per day
MiMo-V2.5 saves $6.00 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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