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Laguna S 2.1 vs Kimi K3

6 prompts both ran·Specs and numbers·Change models

Laguna S 2.1 took 2 min 43 s and $0.003 at list price, Kimi K3 took 22 min 52 s and $1.92 at list price. Kimi K3 took 8.4× as long and cost 608× as much.

Laguna S 2.1

Poolside · $0.18/M out · free route · 430 HN pts

Kimi K3

Moonshot AI · $15.00/M out · 9,870 HN pts

Pelican

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Laguna S 2.1's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

10 s<$0.0011.1k tokensAPI
Kimi K3's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Kimi K3

6 min 9 s$0.2718k tokensAPI

Watch

Draw a mechanical wristwatch that shows the current local time, with a sweeping seconds hand and a date window. Make it look expensive.

Still of Laguna S 2.1's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

25 s<$0.0013.0k tokensAPI
Still of Kimi K3's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Kimi K3

3 min 36 s$0.4429k tokensAPI

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.

Still of Laguna S 2.1's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

41 s<$0.0014.7k tokensAPI
Still of Kimi K3's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Kimi K3

6 min 35 s$0.5033k tokensAPI

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.

Still of Laguna S 2.1's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

74 s$0.0017.1k tokensAPI
Still of Kimi K3's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Kimi K3

4 min 25 s$0.4530k tokensAPI

Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark.

Laguna S 2.1's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

10 s<$0.0011.0k tokensAPI
Kimi K3's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Kimi K3

2 min 2 s$0.2516k tokensAPI

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 een drie personen studio in Rotterdam die zich specialiseert in het repareren van vintage synthesizers. Onze missie is om de magie van klassieke elektronische instrumenten levendig te houden en te delen met een nieuwe generatie makers en musicians.

Gestart door twee ervaren technici en een ontwerper, combineren wij technische precisie met een diep begrip van elektronische muziekgeschiedenis. Wij geloven dat elk oud apparaat een verhaal heeft en een unieke klank die bijdragen aan de creatieve processen van artiesten.

Onze aanpak is zorgvuldig en respectvol. Elk apparaat wordt met de grootste zorg behandeld, met gebruik van oorspronkelijke onderdelen wanneer mogelijk en moderne technieken wanneer nodig. We streven altijd naar een perfecte balans tussen authenticiteit en betrouwbaarheid.

Of je nu een geliefde vintage synth moet repareren of hulp nodig hebt bij het onderhouden van je collectie, Patchbay staat klaar om je instrumenten weer in geluid te brengen. Neem contact op voor een consult; wij kijken uit naar het horen van je project.

Laguna S 2.1

3 s<$0.001332 tokensAPI

Patchbay is a small workshop in Rotterdam where old synthesizers come back to life. We are three people — a former recording engineer, a self-taught circuit obsessive, and a classically trained pianist who fell in love with broken machines — and between us we have spent decades coaxing sound out of equipment the rest of the world gave up on.

We started Patchbay because we kept meeting the same problem: beloved instruments sitting silent in attics and studio corners, written off as unfixable. A Juno with a dead voice chip. A Prophet that drifts out of tune. A Moog that hums when it shouldn't. To us, none of these are lost causes. They are instruments with history in them, and they deserve careful hands, original parts where possible, and honest work.

Every synth that leaves our bench is played, tested, and listened to — because that is what it was made for.

Kimi K3

6 s$0.013872 tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

Laguna S 2.1Kimi K3
MakerPoolsideMoonshot AI
Made inFranceChina
Released21 Jul 202616 Jul 2026
Price in, per M tokensfree route (list $0.09/M)$0.192
Price out, per M tokensfree route (list $0.18/M)$15.00
Context1,048,576 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Weightsopenopen
Hacker News points4309,870
Time for the six prompts2 min 43 s22 min 52 s
List price of the six prompts$0.003$1.92

Laguna S 2.1 was cheaper: $1.92 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. Laguna S 2.1 was faster: 20 min 9 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's rebuild matched the screenshot at 68%; Laguna S 2.1 was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: Kimi K3's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Laguna S 2.1 was not in it.

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