DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Muse Spark Open
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 took 7 min 16 s and $0.068 at list price, Muse Spark Open took 9 min 38 s and $0.29 at list price. Muse Spark Open took 1.3× as long and cost 4.2× as much.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek · $0.60/M out · 1,693 HN pts
Muse Spark Open
Meta · $4.25/M out · 1,383 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 devoted to keeping vintage synthesizers making the sounds they were built to make. We repair, service and restore analog instruments from the late 1960s onward, from familiar Moogs and ARPs to oddities with no service manual. Every synth that comes through the door is treated as a working instrument rather than a museum piece. We trace faults, rebuild power supplies, refresh capacitors, clean keybeds and calibrate oscillators, always with an eye on reliability and the character that made the machine worth saving. We document what we do, explain the options clearly and never replace more than necessary. Whether you need one dead voice brought back or a full restoration, we work carefully, at the bench and in conversation with you. Old synths belong on records and stages, and our job is to keep them there.
Patchbay is a small studio in Rotterdam where vintage synthesizers come back to life. We are three technicians, musicians and longtime collectors who have spent the last decade trading schematics, hunting spare parts, and learning the quirks of every oscillator and filter that has passed through our hands.
What started as helping friends keep their Junos and ARPs in tune has grown into a dedicated workshop in the north of the city. We repair, restore and service instruments from the sixties to the early nineties, from well-known classics to rare prototypes that barely left the factory.
We believe these machines are more than equipment. They carry histories, imperfections and sounds that cannot be replaced. Our job is to respect that character while making sure each instrument is reliable, playable, and ready for another lifetime of music.
Specs and numbers
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Muse Spark Open | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Meta |
| Made in | China | US |
| Released | 17 Oct 2026 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $0.15 | $1.25 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $0.60 | $4.25 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Weights | open | open |
| Hacker News points | 1,693 | 1,383 |
| Time for the six prompts | 7 min 16 s | 9 min 38 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.068 | $0.29 |
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 was cheaper: $0.22 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 was faster: 2 min 21 s less in total, and faster on 3 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play.
Rebuild this screen experiment: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017's rebuild matched the screenshot at 57%, Muse Spark Open's 53%. Tea Garden experiment: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017's game passed 5 of 5 checks, Muse Spark Open's 5 of 5.





