# Xiaomi MiMo-V2-Flash

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Xiaomi MiMo-V2-Flash and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for fast responses, strong benchmark scores and low cost per task. One commenter notes that rival StepFun models beat it on a performance leaderboard.

## Why people recommend it

- Low cost per run (4 comments): "the Mimo models are very interesting, end-to-end pricing wise especially" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765307)) "at double the speed and for $0.003 instead of $0.07" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609569)) "scores 8% higher in 109 seconds for $0.003" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47539007))
- Fast responses (2 comments): "Xiaomi's mimo-v2-flash is great if you care about speed and performance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47622896)) "at double the speed and for $0.003 instead of $0.07" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609569))
- Strong benchmark scores (2 comments): "I have an agentic benchmark and it shows Mercury 2 at 19/25 in 58 seconds and Mimo v2 Flash at 22/25 in 109 seconds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47764518)) "scores 8% higher in 109 seconds for $0.003" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47539007))
- Rated above rival models (2 comments): "The real distant second in my experience is mimo flash v2" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47222693)) "the x-flash seemed clearly better" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49626520))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Claude Opus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-opus.md): 3331 recommend
- [OpenAI GPT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpt-5-5.md): 1205 recommend
- [Claude Sonnet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-sonnet.md): 854 recommend
- [DeepSeek V4 Flash](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deepseek-v4-flash.md): 828 recommend
- [Fable](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fable.md): 823 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Xiaomi MiMo-V2-Flash", https://hackerapproved.com/p/xiaomi-mimo-v2-flash/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).