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CLAUDE FABLE 5.2 VS MIMO V2.6 FLASH
Anthropic vs Xiaomi, in USD per million tokens, cross-checked daily against the public pricing dataset. Same jobs, both meters running.
Claude Fable 5.2 costs 130.6x more than MiMo V2.6 Flash for the same job — a 1,000-token prompt with a 3,000-token reply runs $0.13 vs $0.0010. At 1,000 runs a day, that gap is $3,810.60 a month for identical traffic.
SIDE BY SIDE
| Claude Fable 5.2 → | MiMo V2.6 Flash → | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Anthropic | Xiaomi |
| Input / MTok | $8.00 | $0.140 |
| Output / MTok | $40.00 | $0.280 |
| Output multiple | 5.0x | 2.0x |
| 1K prompt + 3K reply | $0.13 | $0.0010 |
SAME JOB, BOTH BILLS
| Scenario | Claude Fable 5.2 | MiMo V2.6 Flash | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| A typical prompt | $0.04 | $0.0003 | 130.6x |
| A 20-turn conversation | $0.19 | $0.0017 | 114.3x |
| Summarizing a 10-page document | $0.19 | $0.0020 | 95.2x |
| One agent run | $0.50 | $0.0036 | 136.3x |
| A code review request | $0.16 | $0.0013 | 128.6x |
Output sizes use the same editorial ratios as the Burn Calculator. Estimates, not invoices — and price is not a benchmark: the cheaper model is only a bargain if it does the job.
SETTLE IT WITH YOUR OWN PROMPT
Paste a real prompt into the Burn Calculator and see what it costs on Claude Fable 5.2, MiMo V2.6 Flash and the other 40 models on the board — plus how much of it is waste either way.