MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Hy4 Preview
MiniMax M3.1 Flash took 23 min 37 s and $0.095 at list price, Hy4 Preview took 34 min 52 s and $0.32 at list price. Hy4 Preview took 1.5× as long and cost 3.4× as much.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax · $0.60/M out · 550 HN pts
Hy4 Preview
Tencent · $2.50/M out · 440 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 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.
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.
Specs and numbers
| MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Hy4 Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MiniMax | Tencent |
| Made in | China | China |
| Released | 19 Oct 2026 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $0.15 | $0.834 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $0.60 | $2.50 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Weights | open | open |
| Hacker News points | 550 | 440 |
| Time for the six prompts | 23 min 37 s | 34 min 52 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.095 | $0.32 |
MiniMax M3.1 Flash was cheaper: $0.23 less at list price, and less on 5 of the 6 prompts. MiniMax M3.1 Flash was faster: 11 min 15 s less in total, and faster on 5 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, MiniMax M3.1 Flash's Breakout game plays; Hy4 Preview's loads but doesn't start.
Rebuild this screen experiment: MiniMax M3.1 Flash's rebuild matched the screenshot at 78%; Hy4 Preview was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: MiniMax M3.1 Flash's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Hy4 Preview was not in it.