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LFM2.5-24B-A2B vs Hy4 Preview

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LFM2.5-24B-A2B took 57 s and $0.020 at list price, Hy4 Preview took 34 min 8 s and $0.31 at list price. Hy4 Preview took 36× as long and cost 16× as much.

LFM2.5-24B-A2B

LiquidAI · $0.70/M out · 292 HN pts

Hy4 Preview

Tencent · $2.50/M out · 440 HN pts

Pelican

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

LFM2.5-24B-A2B's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

LFM2.5-24B-A2B

10 s$0.0034.3k tokensAPI
Hy4 Preview's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Hy4 Preview

4 min 30 s$0.06727k 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 LFM2.5-24B-A2B's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

LFM2.5-24B-A2B

14 s$0.0068.2k tokensAPI
Still of Hy4 Preview's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Hy4 Preview

7 min 45 s$0.06225k 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 LFM2.5-24B-A2B's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

LFM2.5-24B-A2B

17 s$0.0068.2k tokensAPI
Still of Hy4 Preview's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Hy4 Preview

12 min 37 s$0.1145k tokensAPI

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

LFM2.5-24B-A2B's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

LFM2.5-24B-A2B

12 s$0.0045.3k tokensAPI
Hy4 Preview's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Hy4 Preview

7 min 58 s$0.06024k 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 small, three‑person studio in Rotterdam dedicated to bringing vintage synthesizers back to life. Founded by longtime gear enthusiasts, we combine hands‑on craftsmanship with a deep knowledge of analog electronics to restore, calibrate, and enhance instruments that have been out of tune for decades. Our workshop is a place where old circuitry meets modern precision, and where each repair is treated as a chance to learn something new about the machines we love. We work closely with musicians, collectors, and repair shops across the Netherlands, offering personalized service that respects the history and character of each instrument. By preserving the sonic quirks of classic synths, we help artists keep the sounds that shaped electronic music alive today. At Patchbay, the goal is simple: keep the past humming and give it a future. Our three‑person team blends electronics expertise, music production insight, and meticulous restoration craft.

LFM2.5-24B-A2B

4 s$0.0011.9k tokensAPI

Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam with a very specific obsession: bringing vintage synthesizers back to life. We are three technicians and musicians who spend our days surrounded by circuit boards, calibration tapes, and the smell of solder, coaxing sound out of machines that have been silent for years. From wobbly oscillators and dead keys to crackling faders and drifting filters, we diagnose, repair, and restore analog instruments with the patience they deserve. Our workshop is stocked with rare spare parts, original service manuals, and a deep archive of hard-won knowledge about classics from Moog, Roland, Sequential, Korg, and ARP. We love these instruments not as museum pieces, but as living tools that still have music in them. Every synthesizer that leaves our bench is tested, played, and calibrated so it feels reliable enough for the stage, the studio, or the late-night jam that inspired it in the first place.

Hy4 Preview

79 s$0.0125.0k tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

LFM2.5-24B-A2BHy4 Preview
MakerLiquidAITencent
Made inUSChina
Released13 Oct 202628 Aug 2026
Price in, per M tokens$0.05$0.834
Price out, per M tokens$0.70$2.50
Context128,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Weightsopenopen
Hacker News points292440
Time for the five prompts57 s34 min 8 s
List price of the five prompts$0.020$0.31

LFM2.5-24B-A2B was cheaper: $0.29 less at list price, and less on each of the 5 prompts. LFM2.5-24B-A2B was faster: 33 min 12 s less in total, and faster on each of the 5 prompts.

In the recording, LFM2.5-24B-A2B's Breakout game stopped painting; Hy4 Preview's loads but doesn't start. LFM2.5-24B-A2B's landing page was cut off at the output limit (8,192 tokens). LFM2.5-24B-A2B's Breakout game was cut off at the output limit (8,192 tokens). LFM2.5-24B-A2B has no watch: no file after 2 runs, used all 8,192 output tokens.

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