Pareto 26.10 vs Grok 4.7
Pareto 26.10 took 12 min and $0.097 at list price, Grok 4.7 took 18 min 1 s and $0.63 at list price. Grok 4.7 took 1.5× as long and cost 6.4× as much.
Pareto 26.10
Unbiased · $3.20/M out
Grok 4.7
xAI · $6.00/M out · 629 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 was born from a simple frustration in Rotterdam: the belief that vintage synthesizers should be heard, not locked away in climate-controlled collections. Founded by three engineers and musicians who share an obsession with the raw, unpredictable character of analog gear, we operate out of a small studio where the smell of soldering iron and ozone is as common as coffee. We don’t just fix broken circuits; we restore the soul of these machines. Whether it’s a temperamental Moog, a glitchy Roland, or a rare obscure European find, we treat every patch cord and potentiometer with reverence and precision. Our trio combines decades of electronic music production experience with meticulous hardware restoration skills, ensuring that every repair honors the original design while making the instrument reliable for modern stage use. We believe that the quirks of vintage technology are features, not bugs. Our goal is to bridge the gap between historical preservation and contemporary creativity, giving these legendary instruments a second life in today’s soundscapes. Join us in keeping the analog signal chain alive.
Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam devoted to the repair of vintage synthesizers. We work on instruments that have already lived a long life on stages, in studios, and in spare rooms, and we treat each one as something worth keeping rather than replacing. Our benches are set up for careful diagnosis, component-level repair, and the slow work of bringing an old circuit back into reliable use.
The three of us share the shop, the tools, and the jobs. One person may trace a failing voice while another sources a part or recalibrates an oscillator; we pass instruments between us until the sound is right and the hardware is stable. Clients come to us with analog polys, early digital machines, drum boxes, and the odd modular that has been patched and repatched for decades. We listen first, then open the case.
We are not a museum and we are not a showroom. Patchbay exists so that working musicians, collectors, and curious owners in Rotterdam and beyond can keep playing the instruments they already love.
Specs and numbers
| Pareto 26.10 | Grok 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Unbiased | xAI |
| Made in | — | US |
| Released | 15 Oct 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 |
| Price in, per M tokens | $0.80 | $2.00 |
| Price out, per M tokens | $3.20 | $6.00 |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens | 500,000 tokens |
| Weights | closed | closed |
| Hacker News points | — | 629 |
| Time for the six prompts | 12 min | 18 min 1 s |
| List price of the six prompts | $0.097 | $0.63 |
Pareto 26.10 was cheaper: $0.53 less at list price, and less on 5 of the 6 prompts. Pareto 26.10 was faster: 6 min 1 s less in total, and faster on 3 of the 6 prompts.
In the recording, both Breakout games play.
Rebuild this screen experiment: Grok 4.7's rebuild matched the screenshot at 59%; Pareto 26.10 was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: Grok 4.7's game passed 5 of 5 checks; Pareto 26.10 was not in it.