Gemini 4 Hydrogen vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Gemini 4 Hydrogen took 8 min 39 s and $0.60 at list price, MiniMax M3.1 Flash took 23 min 37 s and $0.095 at list price. MiniMax M3.1 Flash took 2.7× as long, and Gemini 4 Hydrogen cost 6.4× as much.
Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Google · $7.50/M out · 1,026 HN pts
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax · $0.60/M out · 552 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.
In a quiet corner of Rotterdam, surrounded by the scent of warm solder and the hum of calibrated oscillators, Patchbay brings classic electronic instruments back to life. We are a three-person studio united by an obsession with vintage synthesizers and the belief that these machines belong under musicians' hands, not gathering dust in storage.
Every synthesizer that crosses our workbench carries decades of history, along with brittle capacitors, worn contacts, and drifting tuning. Whether we are facing a temperamental analog polysynth from the seventies or an early digital classic, we approach each repair with patience and precision. We do not believe in quick fixes. Instead, we study original schematics, source elusive components, and meticulously restore every circuit, keybed, and fader until the instrument plays as reliably as the day it was built. Patchbay exists to keep these irreplaceable voices singing for the next generation of artists.
Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam dedicated to bringing vintage synthesizers back to life. We repair analog and digital instruments that shaped the sound of music, from classic drum machines and polyphonic synths to quirky, characterful machines that rarely leave a musician’s side. Our work combines technical knowledge with respect for each instrument’s history, because a synth is more than a circuit board: it carries the decisions, compromises, and personality of its original design.
We diagnose faults, restore unreliable voices, and carefully service aging components without erasing the character that made an instrument worth keeping. Whether a machine has been silent for years or simply needs a thoughtful tune-up, we treat every repair as a careful act of restoration.
Based in Rotterdam, Patchbay works with musicians, studios, collectors, and anyone who believes electronic instruments deserve another chapter. We restore them to sound as they should, preserving the details that make each one unique.
Specs and numbers
| Gemini 4 Hydrogen | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MiniMax | |
| Made in | US | China |
| Released | 12 Nov 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $1.50 | $0.15 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $7.50 | $0.60 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Weights | closed | open |
| Hacker News points | 1,026 | 552 |
| Time for the six prompts | 8 min 39 s | 23 min 37 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.60 | $0.095 |
MiniMax M3.1 Flash was cheaper: $0.51 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. Gemini 4 Hydrogen was faster: 14 min 58 s less in total, and faster on 5 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play.
Rebuild this screen experiment: MiniMax M3.1 Flash's rebuild matched the screenshot at 78%; Gemini 4 Hydrogen was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: MiniMax M3.1 Flash's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Gemini 4 Hydrogen was not in it.