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 | MiMo 7B RL | |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 7.6B | 7.8B |
| Context window | ✓ 131.1K | 32.8K |
| License | Commercial OK | Commercial 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.) |
VRAM, size, context and license are facts from the catalog and the shared cost engine; API prices are real where we have them (labeled "est." otherwise). We don't rank model quality or quote benchmarks here.
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