Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs GPT-6.1 Sol
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL took 6 min 39 s and $0.035 at list price, GPT-6.1 Sol took 12 min 10 s and $0.37 at list price. GPT-6.1 Sol took 1.8× as long and cost 11× as much.
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
NVIDIA · $0.50/M out · free route · 11 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 dedicated to bringing vintage synthesizers back to life. We started with a shared obsession for the circuits, keyboards, and sonic quirks of the instruments that shaped electronic music, and we turned that obsession into a careful, hands-on repair practice. Every synth that comes through our door is treated as its own project—diagnosed by ear, opened with care, and restored using a mix of original components and thoughtful modern solutions where needed. We work with collectors, studios, and musicians who value the character of older gear and want it to keep sounding its best. Based in Rotterdam, we combine technical precision with a deep respect for the history inside every chassis. At Patchbay, repairing isn’t just about getting a machine working again; it’s about preserving the voice of an instrument and keeping it ready for the next recording, performance, or moment of inspiration.
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
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | GPT-6.1 Sol | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | OpenAI |
| Made in | US | US |
| Released | 15 Oct 2026 | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | free route (list $0.15/M) | $2.00 |
| Price out, per M tokens | free route (list $0.50/M) | $10.00 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,050,000 tokens |
| Weights | open | closed |
| Hacker News points | 11 | 1,166 |
| Time for the six prompts | 6 min 39 s | 12 min 10 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.035 | $0.37 |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was cheaper: $0.33 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was faster: 5 min 31 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%; Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: GPT-6.1 Sol's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was not in it.