Kimi K3.1 Pro vs Glimpse
Kimi K3.1 Pro took 32 min 17 s and $1.27 at list price, Glimpse took 8 min 32 s and $0.34 at list price. Kimi K3.1 Pro took 3.8× as long and cost 3.8× as much.
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Moonshot AI · $10.00/M out · 1,168 HN pts
Glimpse
Elorian · $3.00/M out
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 alive, playable, and full of character. We work on instruments that have spent decades in studios, bedrooms, and tour cases, and we believe each one deserves more than a quick fix. From drifting oscillators and noisy sliders to tired keybeds and mysterious faults, we take the time to listen, diagnose, and repair with care.
Our approach combines patient troubleshooting, period-correct components where possible, and a deep respect for the original sound. We do not believe in erasing an instrument’s history; we preserve the quirks that make it worth loving. Whether your synthesizer needs a full overhaul or a little help getting back on stage, you will always know who is working on it and why. Patchbay exists for the joy of switching on an old machine and hearing it come back to life.
Patchbay is a small repair studio in Rotterdam, built around three hands, one bench, and a shared patience for machines that should have been forgotten. We work on vintage synthesizers — the hissing, glowing, drifting instruments that shaped records decades ago and still find their way to us in boxes, corners, and half-finished projects. Some arrive dead silent. Others howl through cracked pots, sticky keys, and memories of bad rooms. We like that. Our approach is careful: diagnose, restore, and explain what we found. We replace what must be replaced, but we preserve what gives an instrument its character, including its quirks when they are honest ones. Each repair is handled directly by the three of us, from first inspection to final listening. We are not a factory and we do not rush. We are three people in Rotterdam who believe old synthesizers deserve attention, patience, and a little stubborn love.
Specs and numbers
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | Glimpse | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Moonshot AI | Elorian |
| Made in | China | US |
| Released | 23 Oct 2026 | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $2.00 | $0.60 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $10.00 | $3.00 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Weights | closed | closed |
| Hacker News points | 1,168 | — |
| Time for the six prompts | 32 min 17 s | 8 min 32 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $1.27 | $0.34 |
Glimpse was cheaper: $0.93 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. Glimpse was faster: 23 min 45 s less in total, and faster on each of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play.
Rebuild this screen experiment: Kimi K3.1 Pro's rebuild matched the screenshot at 87%; Glimpse was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: Kimi K3.1 Pro's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Glimpse was not in it.