Muse Ember vs GPT-6.1 Sol
Muse Ember took 3 min 48 s and $0.065 at list price, GPT-6.1 Sol took 12 min 10 s and $0.37 at list price. GPT-6.1 Sol took 3.2× as long and cost 5.6× as much.
Muse Ember
Meta · $0.50/M out · 346 HN pts
GPT-6.1 Sol
OpenAI · $10.00/M out · 1,166 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 repairing vintage synthesizers. We work carefully, one instrument at a time, because old machines deserve patience. Our bench is crowded with test leads, spare knobs, tired capacitors, and service manuals held together by tape. Every repair begins with listening. We power up the synth, play a few notes, and trace the fault by ear before opening the case. Perhaps the filter drifts as it warms. Maybe a voice cuts out, or the envelope behaves strangely. We clean contacts, replace components only when necessary, and keep original parts wherever possible. We believe repair is a form of preservation. These instruments were built to be played for decades, not replaced when something small fails. Rotterdam has a long history of making and fixing things, and we are proud to continue that tradition. Bring us your beloved keyboard, and we will see what can be saved.
Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam, keeping vintage synthesizers in working hands. We repair the instruments that have picked up a crackle, lost a voice, drifted out of tune, or stopped making sound altogether.
We like the patient side of repair: tracing a fault, understanding an old circuit, and finding the right fix rather than the quickest workaround. Our aim is to make each instrument dependable without sanding away the character that made someone fall for it in the first place.
Some synths arrive with a clear problem. Others come with a story and a noise that only happens after twenty minutes. Either way, the work starts with listening—to the instrument and to the person who plays it.
We’re a small studio by choice. It keeps us close to the work, and to the musicians who trust us with something they want to keep making music with.
Specs and numbers
| Muse Ember | GPT-6.1 Sol | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta | OpenAI |
| Made in | US | US |
| Released | 9 Nov 2026 | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $0.10 | $2.00 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $0.50 | $10.00 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,050,000 tokens |
| Weights | closed | closed |
| Hacker News points | 346 | 1,166 |
| Time for the six prompts | 3 min 48 s | 12 min 10 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.065 | $0.37 |
Muse Ember was cheaper: $0.30 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. Muse Ember was faster: 8 min 22 s less in total, and faster on 5 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play.
Rebuild this screen experiment: GPT-6.1 Sol's rebuild matched the screenshot at 97%; Muse Ember was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: GPT-6.1 Sol's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Muse Ember was not in it.