hype or code

Step 5 Preview ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:57:28 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (32 s, $0.019)
Wristwatch that shows the current time (22 s, $0.013)
About page copy, 150 words (7 s, $0.003)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (3 min 41 s, $0.084)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (4 min 7 s, $0.14)
Playable Breakout (1 min 55 s, $0.068)

Gemini 3.8 Flash ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:20:11 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (89 s, $0.061)

Kimi K3 ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:20:11 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (6 min 9 s, $0.21)

Hy4 Preview ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:20:11 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (4 min 30 s, $0.067)

Grok 4.7 ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:20:10 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (18 s, $0.013)

Xing 4.0 ran 3 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:14:19 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (7 min 41 s, free)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (4 min 2 s, free)
Playable Breakout (11 min 5 s, free)

Laguna S 2.1 ran 3 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:13:54 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (25 s, <$0.001)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (10 s, <$0.001)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (41 s, <$0.001)

MiniMax M3 ran 4 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:13:04 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (10 min 32 s, $0.059)
About page copy, 150 words (9 s, $0.001)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (2 min 27 s, $0.022)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (4 min 15 s, $0.035)

GPT-6 Luna ran 4 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:12:10 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (54 s, $0.003)
About page copy, 150 words (6 s, <$0.001)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (42 s, $0.002)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (29 s, $0.001)

Nemotron 3 Ultra ran 3 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:10:58 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (2 min 56 s, $0.029)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (56 s, $0.011)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (4 min 25 s, $0.058)

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning ran 4 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:09:49 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (2 min 20 s, $0.003)
About page copy, 150 words (54 s, <$0.001)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (27 s, <$0.001)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (2 min 8 s, $0.003)

MiMo v2.6 Pro ran 2 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:07:45 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (7 min 54 s, $0.025)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (2 min 23 s, $0.008)

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ran 2 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:07:44 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (3 min 14 s, $0.010)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (38 s, $0.005)

Mistral Large 4 ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:05:33 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (1 min 59 s, $0.056)
About page copy, 150 words (9 s, $0.003)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (32 s, $0.019)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (9 min 43 s, $0.29)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (23 min 41 s, $0.54)
Playable Breakout (15 min 19 s, $0.31)

MiMo v2.6 Flash ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:05:29 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (52 s, $0.003)

Muse Spark Open ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:05:23 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (43 s, $0.052)
About page copy, 150 words (4 s, $0.005)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (81 s, $0.038)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (37 s, $0.037)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (4 min 12 s, $0.087)
Playable Breakout (2 min 40 s, $0.069)

Beam 1.0 ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:05:08 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (30 s, $0.011)
About page copy, 150 words (4 s, $0.001)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (16 s, $0.007)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (16 s, $0.006)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (39 s, $0.018)
Playable Breakout (51 s, $0.020)

Claude Opus 5.5 ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:05:04 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (1 min 42 s, $0.22)
About page copy, 150 words (9 s, $0.009)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (25 s, $0.046)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (43 s, $0.078)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (4 min 8 s, $0.59)
Playable Breakout (4 min 39 s, $0.63)

Claude Fable 5.1 ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:05:04 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (2 min 16 s, $0.60)
About page copy, 150 words (17 s, $0.025)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (26 s, $0.097)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (1 min 43 s, $0.35)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (5 min 44 s, $1.47)
Playable Breakout (5 min 38 s, $1.42)

Claude Sonnet 5.5 ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:04:42 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (12 s, $0.013)

Ling 3.1 Flash ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:04:30 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (36 min 14 s, $0.004)

GPT-6.1 Sol ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:01:43 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (2 min 22 s, $0.071)
About page copy, 150 words (9 s, $0.002)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (1 min 30 s, $0.038)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (4 min 58 s, $0.16)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (45 s, $0.019)
Playable Breakout (2 min 27 s, $0.082)

Nano Banana Pro ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:59:33 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Bookshop logo (image models) (18 s, $0.14)

Nano Banana 2 ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:59:33 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Bookshop logo (image models) (8 s, $0.067)

GPT-5.4 Image 2 ran 1 prompt

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:59:33 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Bookshop logo (image models) (1 min 34 s, $0.23)

Gemini 4 Argon ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:57:14 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (2 min 11 s, $0.11)
Wristwatch that shows the current time (2 min 32 s, $0.13)
About page copy, 150 words (8 s, $0.002)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (4 min 14 s, $0.21)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (1 min 52 s, $0.092)
Playable Breakout (2 min 46 s, $0.14)

Mercury 3 ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:54:43 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (70 s, $0.012)
About page copy, 150 words (3 s, <$0.001)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (1 min 30 s, $0.010)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (3 min 38 s, $0.029)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (42 s, $0.007)
Playable Breakout (29 s, $0.007)

Claude Haiku 5.5 ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:54:18 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (34 s, $0.004)
About page copy, 150 words (2 s, <$0.001)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (13 s, $0.001)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (13 s, $0.001)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (80 s, $0.011)
Playable Breakout (2 min 21 s, $0.018)

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:54:13 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (78 s, $0.007)
About page copy, 150 words (5 s, <$0.001)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (43 s, $0.005)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (76 s, $0.005)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (1 min 34 s, $0.008)
Playable Breakout (1 min 43 s, $0.009)

MiniMax M3.1 Flash ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:53:58 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (4 min 3 s, free)
About page copy, 150 words (14 s, free)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (80 s, free)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (3 min 28 s, free)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (6 min 26 s, free)
Playable Breakout (8 min 7 s, free)

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ran 6 prompts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:53:55 GMT

One run each, the file as the model wrote it.

Wristwatch that shows the current time (2 min 20 s, $0.010)
About page copy, 150 words (7 s, <$0.001)
Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG) (48 s, $0.007)
Bookshop logo (SVG) (76 s, $0.008)
Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (1 min 36 s, $0.027)
Playable Breakout (69 s, $0.015)

MiniMax M3.1 Flash (MiniMax) is out

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is a multimodal model from MiniMax.

free to use, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 513 points. Results are on the site.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (DeepSeek) is out

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the October 17, 2026 snapshot of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, served by DeepSeek under the `deepseek-flash` API model name.

$0.15 in / $0.6 out per million tokens, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 959 points. Results are on the site.

Glimpse (Elorian) is out

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Glimpse is a multimodal visual reasoning model from Elorian, built for visual understanding and complex visual reasoning in the physical world.

$0.6 in / $3 out per million tokens, 262k context. Queued · #1 of 15 paid · not before 22 Oct.

Beam 1.0 501B A23B (Reflection AI) is out

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Beam 1.0 is Reflection's open-weight reasoning model for coding and long-horizon agentic workflows.

$0.3 in / $1 out per million tokens, 1M context. Results are on the site.

Mercury 3 (Inception) is out

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Mercury 3 is a diffusion-based language model from Inception, and the lab's most capable model to date.

$0.1 in / $0.35 out per million tokens, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 255 points. Results are on the site.

Xing4.0 29B A4B (XingChen) is out

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Xing4.0-29B-A4B is an open-weight mixture-of-experts language model from China Telecom's AI team (TeleAI) and the successor to the TeleChat series.

free to use, 262k context. Results are on the site.

Moondream 3 Preview (Moondream) is out

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Moondream 3 Preview is a vision-language model from Moondream with 9B total parameters and 2B active (mixture-of-experts).

$0.3 in / $2.5 out per million tokens, 32k context. Not run: output is capped at 4,096 tokens, too short for a full page.

Moondream 3.1 (Moondream) is out

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Moondream 3.1 is a vision-language model from Moondream, the successor to Moondream 3 Preview, with 9B total parameters and 2B active (mixture-of-experts).

$0.3 in / $2.5 out per million tokens, 32k context. Not run: output is capped at 4,096 tokens, too short for a full page.

Muse Spark Open (Meta) is out

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Muse Spark Open is a coding-optimized open-weight model.

$1.25 in / $4.25 out per million tokens, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 919 points. Results are on the site.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (NVIDIA) is out

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is an open multimodal mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 12B active parameters out of 120B total.

$0.15 in / $0.5 out per million tokens, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 4 points. Results are on the site.

Pareto 26.10 (Unbiased) is out

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Pareto is a multimodal composite model built for research, coding, and agentic workflows, while delivering frontier-level performance across a broad range of general-purpose tasks.

$0.8 in / $3.2 out per million tokens, 1M context. Queued · #2 of 15 paid · not before 22 Oct.

Gemini 4 Argon (Google) is out

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Gemini 4 Argon is Google's flagship reasoning model, built for complex software engineering, deep mathematical and scientific problem solving, and autonomous multi-step agents.

$2 in / $10 out per million tokens, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 1,466 points. Results are on the site.

LFM2.5-24B-A2B (LiquidAI) is out

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

LFM2.5-24B-A2B is a mixture-of-experts reasoning model from Liquid AI with 24B total and 2.45B active parameters.

$0.05 in / $0.7 out per million tokens, 128k context, top Hacker News post: 288 points. Not run: output is capped at 8,192 tokens, too short for a full page.

Pareto 26.9 (Unbiased) is out

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Pareto is a multimodal composite model built for research, coding, and agentic workflows, while delivering frontier-level performance across a broad range of general-purpose tasks.

$2.5 in / $7.5 out per million tokens, 262k context. Queued · #3 of 15 paid · not before 22 Oct.

Muse Wonder (Meta) is out

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Muse Wonder is a frontier reasoning model from Meta, designed for complex personal and professional agentic tasks.

$4 in / $20 out per million tokens, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 672 points. Queued · #4 of 15 paid · not before 22 Oct.

Step 5 Preview (StepFun) is out

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Step 5 Preview is StepFun's flagship model for agentic work, built on a sparse Mixture-of-Experts architecture (27B active / 600B total parameters).

$1 in / $2.7 out per million tokens, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 150 points. Results are on the site.

Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic) is out

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Claude Haiku 5.5 is Anthropic's small, fast model for high-volume, cost-sensitive work such as summarization, subagents, and browser use.

$0.1 in / $0.5 out per million tokens, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 1,049 points. Results are on the site.

Mistral Large 4 (Mistral) is out

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Mistral Large 4 is a frontier multimodal (text and image input) model from Mistral AI built for reasoning, coding, and agentic workloads.

$1.36 in / $4.18 out per million tokens, 1M context, top Hacker News post: 2,044 points. Results are on the site.

Nano Banana 2.1 (Google) is out

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro.

$1.5 in / $7.5 out per million tokens, 66k context, top Hacker News post: 7 points. Queued · #5 of 15 paid · not before 23 Oct.