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Unfortunately there's no defending Haiku 4.5 at this point when cheaper and better options are available. TLDR: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models?models=gemini-3-5-flash... and: https://i.imgur.com/nTu3VCZ.png For starters I did experiment a heck lot with models since Github Copilot gave me access to OpenAI, Gemini and Anthropic models. So I probably experimented more than the average LLMer. When GitHub Copilot ha…
> DeepSeek Flash on high setting In your experience, is max worse or you suggest it for less token use? > MiMo 2.5 Pro on the same OpenCode Go Xiaomi dropped dropped MiMo 2.5 rates by 70%+ [0] & now it is cost competitive with DeepSeek v4 Pro. I haven't used MiMo, but since you have, do you find it to be better than DeepSeek v4? If so, for what tasks? How do you decide when to use which, if you have an intuition for…
Yes. DS4 Flash max is incredibly chatty for minimal gain over DS4 high.
I asked the same question a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47978820 and confirmed in my tests.
> ...MiMo, but since you have, do you find it to be better than DeepSeek v4?
I didn't test MiMo 2.5 enough to form a veridict but from initial tests it is equivalent to DS4. But MiMo 2.5 (non Pro) has the advantage of having vision capability and MiMo is priced equaly as DeepSeek v4 in the $10/mo OpenCode Go now, after the discount you mentioned, see the yellow bars at https://opencode.ai/go
I'll start testing MiMo seriously next week.