LFM2.5-24B-A2B vs Inkling
LFM2.5-24B-A2B took 57 s and $0.020 at list price, Inkling took 4 min 47 s and $0.13 at list price. Inkling took 5.1× as long and cost 6.8× as much.
LFM2.5-24B-A2B
LiquidAI · $0.70/M out · 292 HN pts
Inkling
Thinking Machines · $4.05/M out · free route · 4 HN pts
Pelican
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
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 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.
Patchbay is a three-person repair studio in Rotterdam dedicated to vintage synthesizers. We work on analog circuits, replace failing capacitors and resistors, calibrate unstable oscillators, and restore instruments that have been silent for years. Our bench sees early Japanese mono synths, European string machines, American polys, and large modular systems. We treat each repair as a specific problem rather than a routine job, because these machines were built differently and fail differently. The studio grew out of our own need for careful, local repairs. Over time, musicians, collectors, and producers across the Netherlands started bringing us gear they could not trust elsewhere. We open every case with the same approach: diagnose the fault properly, use appropriate parts, and test the result thoroughly. We do not apply quick fixes or ignore underlying issues. Whether your synthesizer suffers from tuning drift, dead voices, noisy outputs, or an unknown electrical fault, we are in Rotterdam to find the cause and return it to reliable working condition.
Specs and numbers
| LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | LiquidAI | Thinking Machines |
| Made in | US | US |
| Released | 13 Oct 2026 | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $0.05 | free route (list $1.00/M) |
| Price out, per M tokens | $0.70 | free route (list $4.05/M) |
| Context | 128,000 tokens | 524,288 tokens |
| Weights | open | open |
| Hacker News points | 292 | 4 |
| Time for the five prompts | 57 s | 4 min 47 s |
| List price of the five prompts | $0.020 | $0.13 |
LFM2.5-24B-A2B was cheaper: $0.11 less at list price, and less on each of the 5 prompts. LFM2.5-24B-A2B was faster: 3 min 51 s less in total, and faster on each of the 5 prompts.
In the recording, LFM2.5-24B-A2B's Breakout game stopped painting; Inkling's plays. 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.
Rebuild this screen experiment: Inkling's rebuild matched the screenshot at 51%; LFM2.5-24B-A2B was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: Inkling's game passed 5 of 5 checks; LFM2.5-24B-A2B was not in it.



