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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Mercury Edit 2 vs Solar Mini 4

MiMo-V2.6-Flash comes out ahead, 80 to 64 and 34 on our weighted score.

  1. Our pick

    Xiaomi

    MiMo-V2.6-Flash

    Released Sep 22, 2026New

    80/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.14 / $0.28
    • Context1.05M
  2. Inception

    Mercury Edit 2

    Released Mar 30, 2026

    34/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.75
    • Context32K
  3. Upstage

    Solar Mini 4

    Released Sep 22, 2026New

    64/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.10 / $0.40
    • Context524K
01 — Verdict

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is our pick

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 80/100 against Solar Mini 4 (64) and Mercury Edit 2 (34). It leads on inputs & features and context window. 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 priceMiMo-V2.6-Flash and Solar Mini 4MiMo-V2.6-Flash $0.175 · Solar Mini 4 $0.175 · Mercury Edit 2 $0.375 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiMo-V2.6-Flash 1,048,576 · Solar Mini 4 524,288 · Mercury Edit 2 32,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsMiMo-V2.6-FlashMiMo-V2.6-Flash: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Mercury Edit 2: Text · Solar Mini 4: Text
  • Self-hostingMiMo-V2.6-FlashPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMiMo-V2.6-FlashMercury Edit 2Solar Mini 4
Price50%826782
Inputs & features30%90045
Context window20%61049
Overall100%80/10034/10064/100

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.

MiMo-V2.6-Flash vs Mercury Edit 2 vs Solar Mini 4 specifications side by side
SpecificationMiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomiMercury Edit 2InceptionSolar Mini 4Upstage
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)———
ECI rank———
Price per million tokens
Input$0.14$0.25$0.10 (best)
Output$0.28 (best)$0.75$0.40
Cached input$0.0028 (best)$0.025$0.01
Blended (3:1)$0.175 (best)$0.375$0.175 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Xiaomi APIOfficial Inception APIOfficial Upstage API
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)32,000 tokens524,288 tokens
Max output131,072 tokens (best)8,192 tokens131,072 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoNo
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioYesNoNo
VideoYesNoNo
ReasoningYesNoYesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingYesNoYes
Structured outputYesNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietaryProprietary
API model IDmimo-v2.6-flashmercury-edit-2solar-mini4
API providers23 (best)14
ReleasedSep 22, 2026Mar 30, 2026Sep 22, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——Feb 2026
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.

  • MiMo-V2.6-Flash$1.96
  • Mercury Edit 2$4.00
  • Solar Mini 4$1.80
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: MiMo-V2.6-Flash, Mercury Edit 2 or Solar Mini 4?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 80/100 against Solar Mini 4 (64) and Mercury Edit 2 (34). It leads on inputs & features and context window. 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, MiMo-V2.6-Flash, Mercury Edit 2 or Solar Mini 4?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is cheaper at $0.14 input / $0.28 output per million tokens (official Xiaomi API price). Solar Mini 4 costs $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Upstage API price); Mercury Edit 2 costs $0.25 input / $0.75 output per million tokens (official Inception API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.175 per million tokens for MiMo-V2.6-Flash versus $0.175 for Solar Mini 4 (1× as much) and $0.375 for Mercury Edit 2 (2.1× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. MiMo-V2.6-Flash has not been scored yet, Mercury Edit 2 has not been scored yet and Solar Mini 4 has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for MiMo-V2.6-Flash, Mercury Edit 2 and Solar Mini 4 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Mercury Edit 2 does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 524,288 for Solar Mini 4 and 32,000 for Mercury Edit 2. Maximum output per response: MiMo-V2.6-Flash up to 131,072, Mercury Edit 2 up to 8,192, Solar Mini 4 up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash accepts text, images, audio and video; Mercury Edit 2 accepts text; Solar Mini 4 accepts text. MiMo-V2.6-Flash handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Mercury Edit 2 and Solar Mini 4 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

MiMo-V2.6-Flash is the newest, released Sep 22, 2026. Solar Mini 4 came out Sep 22, 2026; Mercury Edit 2 came out Mar 30, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Solar Mini 4 Feb 2026.

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.