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Nex-N2.6 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

6 prompts both ran·Specs and numbers·Change models

Nex-N2.6 took 28 min 48 s and $0.077 at list price, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash took 9 min 16 s and $0.072 at list price. Nex-N2.6 took 3.1× as long and cost 1.1× as much.

Nex-N2.6

Nex AGI · $0.40/M out

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek · $0.567/M out · 1,482 HN pts

Pelican

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Nex-N2.6's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Nex-N2.6

1 min 56 s$0.00513k tokensAPI
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

38 s$0.00713k 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 Nex-N2.6's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Nex-N2.6

6 min 53 s$0.01845k tokensAPI
Still of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

3 min 14 s$0.01527k 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 Nex-N2.6's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Nex-N2.6

9 min 25 s$0.02665k tokensAPI
Still of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

1 min 51 s$0.02238k 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 Nex-N2.6's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Nex-N2.6

6 min 41 s$0.01845k tokensAPI
Still of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

2 min 25 s$0.01831k tokensAPI

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

Nex-N2.6's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Nex-N2.6

3 min 38 s$0.01024k tokensAPI
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

61 s$0.00916k 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 is a three-person studio in Rotterdam dedicated to the repair and restoration of vintage synthesizers. The name comes from the heart of every modular system: the point where all the signals meet. We work on the machines that shaped the sound of the last fifty years—Junos, Prophets, Minimoogs, and the strange, wonderful instruments that never made it into the history books.

Our workshop is a place of solder smoke and oscilloscope traces, where dead oscillators are coaxed back to life and tired potentiometers are quietly replaced with period-correct parts. We believe these instruments deserve to stay alive: not as museum pieces, but as working tools for the musicians, producers, and studios who play them every day. Between the three of us, we bring decades of experience in electronics and restoration, and a stubborn refusal to let good machines go to waste.

Nex-N2.6

16 s<$0.0011.7k tokensAPI

Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam dedicated to the care, repair, and resurrection of vintage synthesizers. We started in a small workshop near the Maas, surrounded by oscillators, patch cables, and service manuals, because these instruments deserve more than dusty shelves and hasty fixes. Between us, we have decades of experience in electronics, sound design, and restoration, but we approach every machine with the same curiosity: listen first, trace the signal, understand the history, then bring it back to life. Whether it's a crackly filter, a dead voice card, a drifting oscillator, or a power supply that needs rebuilding, we work carefully, honestly, and with respect for original character. We also advise on maintenance, calibrate tuning and envelopes, and source hard-to-find parts when possible. At Patchbay, repair isn't just about making sound again. It's about keeping these instruments making music for decades to come.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

7 s<$0.001965 tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

Nex-N2.6DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
MakerNex AGIDeepSeek
Made inChinaChina
Released10 Nov 202610 Sep 2026
Price in, per M tokens$0.12$0.051
Price out, per M tokens$0.40$0.567
Context262,144 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Weightsopenopen
Hacker News points—1,482
Time for the six prompts28 min 48 s9 min 16 s
List price of the six prompts$0.077$0.072

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash was cheaper: $0.006 less at list price, and less on 5 of the 6 prompts. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash was faster: 19 min 32 s less in total, and faster on each of the 6 prompts.

In the recording, both Breakout games play.

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