Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Inkling
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL took 6 min 39 s and $0.035 at list price, Inkling took 8 min 30 s and $0.21 at list price. Inkling took 1.3× as long and cost 6.0× as much.
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
NVIDIA · $0.50/M out · free route · 11 HN pts
Inkling
Thinking Machines · $4.05/M out · free route · 4 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 dedicated to bringing vintage synthesizers back to life. We started with a shared obsession for the circuits, keyboards, and sonic quirks of the instruments that shaped electronic music, and we turned that obsession into a careful, hands-on repair practice. Every synth that comes through our door is treated as its own project—diagnosed by ear, opened with care, and restored using a mix of original components and thoughtful modern solutions where needed. We work with collectors, studios, and musicians who value the character of older gear and want it to keep sounding its best. Based in Rotterdam, we combine technical precision with a deep respect for the history inside every chassis. At Patchbay, repairing isn’t just about getting a machine working again; it’s about preserving the voice of an instrument and keeping it ready for the next recording, performance, or moment of inspiration.
Patchbay is a three-person repair studio in Rotterdam dedicated to vintage synthesizers. We work on analog circuits, replace failing capacitors and resistors, calibrate unstable oscillators, and restore instruments that have been silent for years. Our bench sees early Japanese mono synths, European string machines, American polys, and large modular systems. We treat each repair as a specific problem rather than a routine job, because these machines were built differently and fail differently. The studio grew out of our own need for careful, local repairs. Over time, musicians, collectors, and producers across the Netherlands started bringing us gear they could not trust elsewhere. We open every case with the same approach: diagnose the fault properly, use appropriate parts, and test the result thoroughly. We do not apply quick fixes or ignore underlying issues. Whether your synthesizer suffers from tuning drift, dead voices, noisy outputs, or an unknown electrical fault, we are in Rotterdam to find the cause and return it to reliable working condition.
Specs and numbers
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | Thinking Machines |
| Made in | US | US |
| Released | 15 Oct 2026 | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | free route (list $0.15/M) | free route (list $1.00/M) |
| Price out, per M tokens | free route (list $0.50/M) | free route (list $4.05/M) |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 524,288 tokens |
| Weights | open | open |
| Hacker News points | 11 | 4 |
| Time for the six prompts | 6 min 39 s | 8 min 30 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.035 | $0.21 |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was cheaper: $0.17 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was faster: 1 min 52 s less in total, and faster on 3 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play.
Rebuild this screen experiment: Inkling's rebuild matched the screenshot at 51%; Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: Inkling's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was not in it.