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Ternary Bonsai 2 9B vs Claude Haiku 5.5

6 prompts both ran·Specs and numbers·Change models

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B took 7 min 4 s and $0.004 at list price, Claude Haiku 5.5 took 4 min 43 s and $0.035 at list price. Ternary Bonsai 2 9B took 1.5× as long, and Claude Haiku 5.5 cost 7.9× as much.

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B

PrismML · $0.13/M out

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic · $0.50/M out · 1,071 HN pts

Pelican

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B

47 s<$0.0014.5k tokensAPI
Claude Haiku 5.5's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Claude Haiku 5.5

13 s$0.0012.7k 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 Ternary Bonsai 2 9B's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B

38 s<$0.0014.6k tokensAPI
Still of Claude Haiku 5.5's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Claude Haiku 5.5

34 s$0.0047.6k 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 Ternary Bonsai 2 9B's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B

1 min 40 s<$0.0016.8k tokensAPI
Still of Claude Haiku 5.5's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Claude Haiku 5.5

80 s$0.01122k 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 Ternary Bonsai 2 9B's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B

1 min 44 s$0.0017.7k tokensAPI
Still of Claude Haiku 5.5's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Claude Haiku 5.5

2 min 21 s$0.01836k tokensAPI

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

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B

72 s<$0.0014.7k tokensAPI
Claude Haiku 5.5's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Claude Haiku 5.5

13 s$0.0012.6k 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.

Welcome to Patchbay. A dedicated three-person studio in Rotterdam, where analog warmth meets modern precision. Our workshop is a sanctuary for vintage synthesizers, circuit boards, and forgotten sounds. We operate on the belief that vintage gear deserves respect and careful handling. Every unit we restore is given a new life, preserving its unique character while ensuring it functions reliably. We work meticulously on instruments that shaped electronic music history. This isn't just repair; it is resurrection. Our artisans take the time to solder every connection and clean every capacitor, understanding that imperfections hold stories worth keeping. We aim to keep the legacy of analog synthesis alive. Whether you need a fix or advice on your collection's condition, we support the analog revival. Trust in our expertise to get your dreams humming again. In a digital world, we choose to sound the truth. We believe in the tangible sound of history.

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B

64 s<$0.0016.0k tokensAPI

Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam, and we spend our days inside vintage synthesizers. We are repair technicians first: we open the cases, replace the leaking capacitors, re-tune the oscillators that have drifted out of pitch, and bring back the filters that went silent decades ago. Our bench is crowded with service manuals, spare chips, and a soldering station that has seen more Moog panels than we can count. We started the studio because we kept meeting musicians whose favourite instruments sat unused in cupboards, not because they were broken beyond saving but because nobody nearby knew how to fix them. We still believe most of these machines can be made to sing again, and we would rather spend an afternoon finding the one bad resistor than see another good synth end up in a skip.

Claude Haiku 5.5

2 s<$0.001252 tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

Ternary Bonsai 2 9BClaude Haiku 5.5
MakerPrismMLAnthropic
Made inUSUS
Released16 Oct 20267 Oct 2026
Price in, per M tokens$0.08$0.10
Price out, per M tokens$0.13$0.50
Context262,144 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Weightsopenclosed
Hacker News points—1,071
Time for the six prompts7 min 4 s4 min 43 s
List price of the six prompts$0.004$0.035

Ternary Bonsai 2 9B was cheaper: $0.031 less at list price, and less on 5 of the 6 prompts. Claude Haiku 5.5 was faster: 2 min 20 s less in total, and faster on 5 of the 6 prompts.

In the recording, Ternary Bonsai 2 9B's Breakout game stopped painting; Claude Haiku 5.5's plays.

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