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Mistral Large 4 vs Laguna S 2.1

6 prompts both ran·Specs and numbers·Change models

Mistral Large 4 took 51 min 22 s and $0.61 at list price, Laguna S 2.1 took 2 min 43 s and $0.003 at list price. Mistral Large 4 took 19× as long and cost 194× as much.

Mistral Large 4

Mistral · $2.10/M out · 4,688 HN pts

Laguna S 2.1

Poolside · $0.18/M out · free route · 430 HN pts

Pelican

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Mistral Large 4's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Mistral Large 4

32 s$0.0104.6k tokensAPI
Laguna S 2.1's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

10 s<$0.0011.1k 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 Mistral Large 4's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Mistral Large 4

1 min 59 s$0.02813k tokensAPI
Still of Laguna S 2.1's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

25 s<$0.0013.0k 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 Mistral Large 4's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Mistral Large 4

23 min 41 s$0.27128k tokensAPI
Still of Laguna S 2.1's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

41 s<$0.0014.7k 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 Mistral Large 4's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Mistral Large 4

15 min 19 s$0.1674k tokensAPI
Still of Laguna S 2.1's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

74 s$0.0017.1k tokensAPI

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

Mistral Large 4's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Mistral Large 4

9 min 43 s$0.1570k tokensAPI
Laguna S 2.1's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Laguna S 2.1

10 s<$0.0011.0k 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 sits in a former warehouse on Rotterdam's northern edge, where the Maas meets the industrial harbour. Three of us work here—no more, no less—surrounded by oscilloscopes, desoldering stations, and the persistent hum of transformers. We repair vintage synthesizers. That is the whole business.

We are not a museum, and we are not a factory. Every Minimoog, ARP 2600, or Juno that crosses our bench receives the same stubborn attention: traced schematics, replaced capacitors, calibrated voltages, hours spent listening for the note that was never quite right. The machines arrive broken, silent, forgotten. They leave singing.

Rotterdam built its reputation on moving heavy things and keeping them moving. We apply the same pragmatism to circuits that predate us by forty years. If it made sound once, it can make sound again. That is the promise we keep, solder joint by solder joint.

Mistral Large 4

9 s$0.002700 tokensAPI

Patchbay is een drie personen studio in Rotterdam die zich specialiseert in het repareren van vintage synthesizers. Onze missie is om de magie van klassieke elektronische instrumenten levendig te houden en te delen met een nieuwe generatie makers en musicians.

Gestart door twee ervaren technici en een ontwerper, combineren wij technische precisie met een diep begrip van elektronische muziekgeschiedenis. Wij geloven dat elk oud apparaat een verhaal heeft en een unieke klank die bijdragen aan de creatieve processen van artiesten.

Onze aanpak is zorgvuldig en respectvol. Elk apparaat wordt met de grootste zorg behandeld, met gebruik van oorspronkelijke onderdelen wanneer mogelijk en moderne technieken wanneer nodig. We streven altijd naar een perfecte balans tussen authenticiteit en betrouwbaarheid.

Of je nu een geliefde vintage synth moet repareren of hulp nodig hebt bij het onderhouden van je collectie, Patchbay staat klaar om je instrumenten weer in geluid te brengen. Neem contact op voor een consult; wij kijken uit naar het horen van je project.

Laguna S 2.1

3 s<$0.001332 tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

Mistral Large 4Laguna S 2.1
MakerMistralPoolside
Made inFranceFrance
Released6 Oct 202621 Jul 2026
Price in, per M tokens$0.70free route (list $0.09/M)
Price out, per M tokens$2.10free route (list $0.18/M)
Context1,048,576 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Weightsopenopen
Hacker News points4,688430
Time for the six prompts51 min 22 s2 min 43 s
List price of the six prompts$0.61$0.003

Laguna S 2.1 was cheaper: $0.61 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. Laguna S 2.1 was faster: 48 min 39 s less in total, and faster on each of the 6 prompts.

In the recording, both Breakout games play.

Rebuild this screen experiment: Mistral Large 4's rebuild matched the screenshot at 46%; Laguna S 2.1 was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: Mistral Large 4's game passed 2 of 5 checks; Laguna S 2.1 was not in it.

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