ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 took 50 min 46 s and $1.26 at list price, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 took 4 min 49 s and $0.048 at list price. ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 took 11× as long and cost 26× as much.
ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0
Baidu · $3.94/M out
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek · $0.50/M out · 1,717 HN pts
Pelican
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
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.
Specs and numbers
| ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Baidu | DeepSeek |
| Made in | — | China |
| Released | 10 Nov 2026 | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $1.13 | $0.038 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $3.94 | $0.50 |
| Context | 1,024,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Weights | closed | open |
| Hacker News points | — | 1,717 |
| Time for the four prompts | 50 min 46 s | 4 min 49 s |
| List price of the four prompts | $1.26 | $0.048 |
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 was cheaper: $1.21 less at list price, and less on each of the 4 prompts. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 was faster: 45 min 56 s less in total, and faster on each of the 4 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play. ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 has no watch: not run yet. ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 has no About page: not run yet.
Rebuild this screen experiment: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017's rebuild matched the screenshot at 57%; ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017's game passed 5 of 5 checks; ERNIE-Light-DT-1.0 was not in it.