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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B vs MiMo 7B RL: the real cost to run each

The honest, $0-markup cost to run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B (deepseek-ai, 7.6B) and MiMo 7B RL (XiaomiMiMo, 7.8B), side by side — free on your own machine, on your own rented GPU at the vendor's price, or via your own API key.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B vs MiMo 7B RL — cost comparison

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7BMiMo 7B RL
Parameters7.6B7.8B
Context window✓ 131.1K32.8K
LicenseCommercial OKCommercial OK
VRAM to run✓ ~7.0 GB (Q4_K_M)~9.0 GB (Q4_K_M)
Rent a GPU$0.06/hr$0.06/hr
Your API key✓ $0.16/1M (est.)$0.16/1M (est.)

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