Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs MiMo v2.6 Pro
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL took 6 min 39 s and $0.035 at list price, MiMo v2.6 Pro took 36 min 46 s and $0.12 at list price. MiMo v2.6 Pro took 5.5× as long and cost 3.5× as much.
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
NVIDIA · $0.50/M out · free route · 11 HN pts
MiMo v2.6 Pro
Xiaomi · $0.87/M out · 169 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 studio in Rotterdam dedicated to the repair and restoration of vintage synthesizers. We spend our days with soldering irons and oscilloscopes, coaxing life back into instruments that were built to last and mostly did, until they didn't.
Between us we cover decades of combined experience with analog and early digital circuitry, from the classics of Roland, Korg, Moog, and ARP to the odd, wonderful machines that never made it big. We treat every repair with the same care, whether it's a flagship polysynth or a broken drum machine with a devoted following.
Our workshop sits in the west of the city. You're welcome to visit — bring the instrument, bring the story behind it. We like hearing both.
What we don't know we research, and what we can't source we sometimes fabricate. Nothing gets written off before we've tried.
Specs and numbers
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | MiMo v2.6 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | Xiaomi |
| Made in | US | China |
| Released | 15 Oct 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | free route (list $0.15/M) | $0.435 |
| Price out, per M tokens | free route (list $0.50/M) | $0.87 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,050,000 tokens |
| Weights | open | open |
| Hacker News points | 11 | 169 |
| Time for the six prompts | 6 min 39 s | 36 min 46 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.035 | $0.12 |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was cheaper: $0.087 less at list price, and less on 5 of the 6 prompts. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was faster: 30 min 7 s less in total, and faster on each of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play.