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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Apertus 70B vs Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs MiMo-V2-Pro

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) comes out ahead, 52 to 42 and 32 on our weighted score, though Apertus 70B is 22% cheaper per token.

  1. Swiss AI

    Apertus 70B

    Released Sep 2, 2025

    32/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.82 / $2.42
    • Context66K
  2. Our pick

    xAI

    Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)

    Released Mar 9, 2026

    52/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$1.25 / $2.50
    • Context1M
  3. Xiaomi

    MiMo-V2-Pro

    Released Mar 18, 2026

    42/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$1.00 / $3.00
    • Context1.05M
01 — Verdict

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is our pick

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the better all-round choice, scoring 52/100 against MiMo-V2-Pro (42) and Apertus 70B (32). It leads on inputs & features. Apertus 70B wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceApertus 70BApertus 70B $1.22 · MiMo-V2-Pro $1.50 · Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) $1.56 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextMiMo-V2-ProMiMo-V2-Pro 1,048,576 · Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) 1,000,000 · Apertus 70B 65,536 tokens
  • Widest inputsGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Apertus 70B: Text · Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): Text, Images, PDFs · MiMo-V2-Pro: Text
  • Self-hostingApertus 70BPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightApertus 70BGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)MiMo-V2-Pro
Price50%443940
Inputs & features30%257035
Context window20%126061
Overall100%32/10052/10042/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Apertus 70B vs Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs MiMo-V2-Pro specifications side by side
SpecificationApertus 70BSwiss AIGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)xAIMiMo-V2-ProXiaomi
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)———
ECI rank———
Price per million tokens
Input$0.82 (best)$1.25$1.00
Output$2.42 (best)$2.50$3.00
Cached input—$0.20—
Blended (3:1)$1.22 (best)$1.56$1.50
Long-context rateSame rateOver 200K: $2.50 / $5.00Same rate
Price sourceMedian of 3 providersOfficial xAI APIMedian of 1 providers
Limits
Context window65,536 tokens1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)
Max output8,192 tokens30,000 tokens131,072 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesNoYesNo
PDFsNoYesNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoNoNoNo
ReasoningNoNoYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoYesNo
Availability
WeightsOpenApache-2.0ProprietaryProprietary
API model ID—grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning—
API providers313 (best)2
ReleasedSep 2, 2025Mar 9, 2026Mar 18, 2026
Knowledge cutoffSep 2025—Dec 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Apertus 70B$13.04
  • Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)$17.50
  • MiMo-V2-Pro$16.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Apertus 70B, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or MiMo-V2-Pro?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the better all-round choice, scoring 52/100 against MiMo-V2-Pro (42) and Apertus 70B (32). It leads on inputs & features. Apertus 70B wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Apertus 70B, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or MiMo-V2-Pro?

Apertus 70B is cheaper at $0.82 input / $2.42 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). MiMo-V2-Pro costs $1.00 input / $3.00 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider); Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) costs $1.25 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official xAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.22 per million tokens for Apertus 70B versus $1.50 for MiMo-V2-Pro (1.2× as much) and $1.56 for Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) (1.3× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Apertus 70B has not been scored yet, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has not been scored yet and MiMo-V2-Pro has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Apertus 70B, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and MiMo-V2-Pro yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2-Pro has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and 65,536 for Apertus 70B. Maximum output per response: Apertus 70B up to 8,192, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) up to 30,000, MiMo-V2-Pro up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Apertus 70B accepts text; Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) accepts text, images and PDFs; MiMo-V2-Pro accepts text. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Apertus 70B publishes its weights (Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and MiMo-V2-Pro is proprietary.

Which is newer?

MiMo-V2-Pro is the newest, released Mar 18, 2026. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) came out Mar 9, 2026; Apertus 70B came out Sep 2, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Apertus 70B Sep 2025, MiMo-V2-Pro Dec 2024.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.