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GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

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GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal took 45 min 14 s and $0.42 at list price, Gemini 3.8 Flash took 8 min 33 s and $0.32 at list price. GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal took 5.3× as long and cost 1.3× as much.

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

Z.ai · $1.25/M out

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Google · $4.13/M out · 1,293 HN pts

Pelican

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

6 min 19 s$0.05947k tokensAPI
Gemini 3.8 Flash's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Gemini 3.8 Flash

89 s$0.06115k 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 GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

9 min 36 s$0.08467k tokensAPI
Still of Gemini 3.8 Flash's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Gemini 3.8 Flash

84 s$0.04611k 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 GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

12 min 13 s$0.1292k tokensAPI
Still of Gemini 3.8 Flash's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Gemini 3.8 Flash

2 min 57 s$0.1229k 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 GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

11 min 20 s$0.1184k tokensAPI
Still of Gemini 3.8 Flash's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Gemini 3.8 Flash

81 s$0.05714k tokensAPI

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

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

5 min 42 s$0.05141k tokensAPI
Gemini 3.8 Flash's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Gemini 3.8 Flash

70 s$0.0368.8k 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.

Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam devoted to the repair and restoration of vintage synthesizers. We work on the machines that shaped the sound of the last fifty years — Roland, Moog, Yamaha, Korg, EMS, and the rest — from the rare and legendary to the well-loved and well-worn.

We started the studio because these instruments matter. They were built to be repaired, with discrete components, schematics, and construction that reward patience and care. Somewhere along the way, that way of making things fell out of fashion. We think it's worth keeping alive.

Every synthesizer that comes through our door is treated the same way: carefully diagnosed, honestly assessed, and repaired with respect for its original character. No unnecessary modifications, no shortcuts that compromise the instrument. Whether it's a failed voice chip, a dead key, or years of dust and neglect, our job is to put the machine back in the hands of the people who play it.

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

3 s<$0.001238 tokensAPI

Tucked away in Rotterdam, Patchbay is a three-person repair studio dedicated to the preservation and revival of vintage synthesizers. We believe that classic instruments are living machines rather than museum relics—tools built to inspire, create, and be played loud. Between the three of us, we combine decades of experience in electronics engineering, sound design, and meticulous craftsmanship. Whether tracking down elusive voice chips for an eighties polyphonic giant, rebuilding power supplies, or recalibrating the drift on a cantankerous monophonic circuit from the seventies, we treat every piece of gear with obsessive attention to detail. Our workbench is built on a deep respect for historical engineering and a refusal to cut corners. For musicians, producers, and collectors across the Netherlands and beyond, Patchbay is where forgotten circuits find their current again, keeping the tactile soul of analog synthesis alive and resonant.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

13 s$0.003811 tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

GLM 5.3 FlashX LegalGemini 3.8 Flash
MakerZ.aiGoogle
Made inChinaUS
Released2 Nov 20262 Sep 2026
Price in, per M tokens$0.37$0.825
Price out, per M tokens$1.25$4.13
Context1,048,576 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Weightsclosedclosed
Hacker News points—1,293
Time for the six prompts45 min 14 s8 min 33 s
List price of the six prompts$0.42$0.32

Gemini 3.8 Flash was cheaper: $0.092 less at list price, and less on 3 of the 6 prompts. Gemini 3.8 Flash was faster: 36 min 41 s less in total, and faster on 5 of the 6 prompts.

In the recording, both Breakout games play.

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