Ling 3.1 Flash vs MiniMax M3
Ling 3.1 Flash took 75 min 28 s and $0.055 at list price, MiniMax M3 took 33 min 3 s and $0.21 at list price. Ling 3.1 Flash took 2.3× as long, and MiniMax M3 cost 3.8× as much.
Ling 3.1 Flash
inclusionAI · $0.225/M out · 1 HN pts
MiniMax M3
MiniMax · $1.20/M out · 144 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 small repair studio in Rotterdam dedicated to keeping vintage synthesizers alive. We are three people — a technician, a historian, and a musician — who believe that the instruments built in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s still have decades of sound left in them, if someone is willing to care for them properly.
We work on everything from early Moogs and Arps to Roland Junos and Oberheim OB-series, handling everything from dead power supplies and leaky batteries to full recaps and voice board restoration. Our workshop is small by design. We take on a limited number of instruments at a time, which means every synth that comes through our door gets our full attention.
Most of our clients are working musicians, collectors, and small studios across Europe, but we also welcome instruments with stories we'd love to hear. If you have a piece of synth history that needs care, we'd be glad to talk.
Patchbay began in a cluttered apartment in Rotterdam, where three friends spent weekends coaxing old synthesizers back to life. What started as a shared obsession quickly outgrew the living room. In 2016, we opened our first proper workshop in a converted warehouse on the south side of the city, and we have been soldering, calibrating, and listening closely ever since.
We are a small team of three. Niels handles the analog work, coaxing warm tones from aging oscillators and reluctant filters. Marijn focuses on digital systems and the occasional stubborn MIDI quirk. Sanna manages restorations, sourcing rare components and keeping long projects on track. Between us, we have decades of experience with the machines that shaped electronic music.
Every synth that passes through our doors carries decades of sound inside it. Our job is to make sure that story continues.
Specs and numbers
| Ling 3.1 Flash | MiniMax M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | inclusionAI | MiniMax |
| Made in | China | China |
| Released | 2 Oct 2026 | 31 May 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $0.075 | $0.30 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $0.225 | $1.20 |
| Context | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Weights | closed | open |
| Hacker News points | 1 | 144 |
| Time for the six prompts | 75 min 28 s | 33 min 3 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.055 | $0.21 |
Ling 3.1 Flash was cheaper: $0.16 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. MiniMax M3 was faster: 42 min 25 s less in total, and faster on 4 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play.