Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Hy4 Preview
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL took 6 min 39 s and $0.035 at list price, Hy4 Preview took 34 min 52 s and $0.32 at list price. Hy4 Preview took 5.2× as long and cost 9.3× as much.
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
NVIDIA · $0.50/M out · free route · 11 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 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 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
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Hy4 Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | NVIDIA | Tencent |
| Made in | US | China |
| Released | 15 Oct 2026 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | free route (list $0.15/M) | $0.834 |
| Price out, per M tokens | free route (list $0.50/M) | $2.50 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Weights | open | open |
| Hacker News points | 11 | 440 |
| Time for the six prompts | 6 min 39 s | 34 min 52 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.035 | $0.32 |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was cheaper: $0.29 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL was faster: 28 min 13 s less in total, and faster on 5 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL's Breakout game plays; Hy4 Preview's loads but doesn't start.





