DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Hy4 Preview
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 took 7 min 16 s and $0.068 at list price, Hy4 Preview took 34 min 52 s and $0.32 at list price. Hy4 Preview took 4.8× as long and cost 4.7× as much.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek · $0.60/M out · 1,693 HN pts
Hy4 Preview
Tencent · $2.50/M out · 440 HN pts
Pelican
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Watch
Draw a mechanical wristwatch that shows the current local time, with a sweeping seconds hand and a date window. Make it look expensive.
Landing
Build the landing page for Lumen Cycles, a Copenhagen workshop that builds custom cargo bikes to order. Make it look like a real brand you would trust with 4,000 euros.
Breakout
Make a Breakout game I can play right now with the keyboard or the mouse. Give it several levels, a score and some juice.
Logo
Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark.
About
Write the opening of the About us page for Patchbay, a three-person studio in Rotterdam that repairs vintage synthesizers. About 150 words.
Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam devoted to keeping vintage synthesizers making the sounds they were built to make. We repair, service and restore analog instruments from the late 1960s onward, from familiar Moogs and ARPs to oddities with no service manual. Every synth that comes through the door is treated as a working instrument rather than a museum piece. We trace faults, rebuild power supplies, refresh capacitors, clean keybeds and calibrate oscillators, always with an eye on reliability and the character that made the machine worth saving. We document what we do, explain the options clearly and never replace more than necessary. Whether you need one dead voice brought back or a full restoration, we work carefully, at the bench and in conversation with you. Old synths belong on records and stages, and our job is to keep them there.
Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam with a very specific obsession: bringing vintage synthesizers back to life. We are three technicians and musicians who spend our days surrounded by circuit boards, calibration tapes, and the smell of solder, coaxing sound out of machines that have been silent for years. From wobbly oscillators and dead keys to crackling faders and drifting filters, we diagnose, repair, and restore analog instruments with the patience they deserve. Our workshop is stocked with rare spare parts, original service manuals, and a deep archive of hard-won knowledge about classics from Moog, Roland, Sequential, Korg, and ARP. We love these instruments not as museum pieces, but as living tools that still have music in them. Every synthesizer that leaves our bench is tested, played, and calibrated so it feels reliable enough for the stage, the studio, or the late-night jam that inspired it in the first place.
Specs and numbers
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Hy4 Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Tencent |
| Made in | China | China |
| Released | 17 Oct 2026 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $0.15 | $0.834 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $0.60 | $2.50 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Weights | open | open |
| Hacker News points | 1,693 | 440 |
| Time for the six prompts | 7 min 16 s | 34 min 52 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.068 | $0.32 |
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 was cheaper: $0.26 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 was faster: 27 min 36 s less in total, and faster on 5 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017's Breakout game plays; Hy4 Preview's loads but doesn't start.
Rebuild this screen experiment: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017's rebuild matched the screenshot at 57%; Hy4 Preview was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Hy4 Preview was not in it.





