# hype or code

> Every new AI model on OpenRouter gets the same six prompts, one shot each, with up to 60 minutes and $0.60 per run. A daily job at 05:17 UTC finds new models, runs them and rebuilds the site. Image models get the same six prompts as pictures. Every output is on a page next to the others, with its time and its cost at list price. 35 models and 184 runs so far.

How to read the numbers:

- Time is wall-clock time from sending the prompt to receiving the file.
- Cost is the list price: the run's tokens times the model's price per million tokens on OpenRouter. A run without a known list price shows no cost.
- One shot: the first run that produces the file is the one shown. A run without a file is retried once, then left off.

## Pages

- [Home](https://hypeorcode.com/): the newest models and how they did
- [Models](https://hypeorcode.com/models/): every model with its release day, maker, price and runs
- [Prompts](https://hypeorcode.com/c/): every prompt with the attempts of all models
- [How it runs](https://hypeorcode.com/method/): the rules of the test
- [RSS feed](https://hypeorcode.com/feed.xml): new models and new runs

## Prompts

- [Pelican riding a bicycle (SVG)](https://hypeorcode.com/c/pelican-bicycle/): 28 attempts. Prompt: "Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle"
- [Wristwatch that shows the current time](https://hypeorcode.com/c/wristwatch/): 25 attempts. Prompt: "Draw a mechanical wristwatch that shows the current local time, with a sweeping seconds hand and a date window. Make it look expensive."
- [Landing page for a cargo bike workshop](https://hypeorcode.com/c/cargo-bike-landing/): 28 attempts. Prompt: "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."
- [Playable Breakout](https://hypeorcode.com/c/breakout/): 31 attempts. Prompt: "Make a Breakout game I can play right now with the keyboard or the mouse. Give it several levels, a score and some juice."
- [Bookshop logo (SVG)](https://hypeorcode.com/c/night-heron-logo/): 27 attempts. Prompt: "Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark."
- [About page copy, 150 words](https://hypeorcode.com/c/synth-repair-about/): 27 attempts. Prompt: "Write the opening of the About us page for Patchbay, a three-person studio in Rotterdam that repairs vintage synthesizers. About 150 words."
- [Pelican riding a bicycle (image models)](https://hypeorcode.com/c/pelican-bicycle-image/): 3 attempts. Prompt: "Generate an image of a pelican riding a bicycle"
- [Wristwatch showing 4:37 (image models)](https://hypeorcode.com/c/wristwatch-image/): 3 attempts. Prompt: "Create an image of a mechanical wristwatch that shows the time 4:37, with a seconds hand and a date window showing 21. Make it look expensive."
- [Landing page for a cargo bike workshop (image models)](https://hypeorcode.com/c/cargo-bike-landing-image/): 3 attempts. Prompt: "Design the landing page for Lumen Cycles, a Copenhagen workshop that builds custom cargo bikes to order, and show it as one desktop screenshot. Make it look like a real brand you would trust with 4,000 euros."
- [Breakout screenshot (image models)](https://hypeorcode.com/c/breakout-image/): 3 attempts. Prompt: "Create a screenshot of a Breakout game in the middle of level 3, with the paddle, the ball, rows of bricks, a score of 12,480 and three lives left. Give it some juice."
- [Bookshop logo (image models)](https://hypeorcode.com/c/night-heron-logo-image/): 3 attempts. Prompt: "Create a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark. Square image, flat background."
- [Team photo for an About page (image models)](https://hypeorcode.com/c/synth-repair-about-image/): 3 attempts. Prompt: "Create the team photo for the About page of Patchbay, a three-person studio in Rotterdam that repairs vintage synthesizers."

## Models

- [Flint](https://hypeorcode.com/models/flint/): Recursive, released 19 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [MiniMax M3.1 Flash](https://hypeorcode.com/models/minimax-m3-1-flash/): MiniMax, released 19 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017](https://hypeorcode.com/models/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017/): DeepSeek, released 17 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [Beam 1.0](https://hypeorcode.com/models/beam-1-0/): Reflection AI, released 16 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [Mercury 3](https://hypeorcode.com/models/mercury-3/): Inception, released 16 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [Xing 4.0](https://hypeorcode.com/models/xing-4-0/): XingChen, released 16 Oct 2026, 3 runs.
- [Muse Spark Open](https://hypeorcode.com/models/muse-spark-open/): Meta, released 15 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [Nemotron 3.5 Super VL](https://hypeorcode.com/models/nemotron-3-5-super-vl/): NVIDIA, released 15 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [Gemini 4 Argon](https://hypeorcode.com/models/gemini-4-argon/): Google, released 13 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [Step 5 Preview](https://hypeorcode.com/models/step-5-preview/): StepFun, released 8 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [Claude Haiku 5.5](https://hypeorcode.com/models/claude-haiku-5-5/): Anthropic, released 7 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [Mistral Large 4](https://hypeorcode.com/models/mistral-large-4/): Mistral, released 6 Oct 2026, 6 runs.
- [Ling 3.1 Flash](https://hypeorcode.com/models/ling-3-1-flash/): inclusionAI, released 2 Oct 2026, 4 runs.
- [LongCat 2.5 Preview](https://hypeorcode.com/models/longcat-2-5-preview/): Meituan, 5 runs.
- [Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor](https://hypeorcode.com/models/muse-spark-1-3-contributor/): Meta, 4 runs.
- [Space Bunny](https://hypeorcode.com/models/space-bunny/): Stealth model, 3 runs.
- [GPT-6.1 Sol](https://hypeorcode.com/models/gpt-6-1-sol/): OpenAI, released 29 Sep 2026, 6 runs.
- [Claude Sonnet 5.5](https://hypeorcode.com/models/claude-sonnet-5-5/): Anthropic, released 28 Sep 2026, 6 runs.
- [Claude Opus 5.5](https://hypeorcode.com/models/claude-opus-5-5/): Anthropic, released 22 Sep 2026, 6 runs.
- [GPT-6 Luna](https://hypeorcode.com/models/gpt-6-luna/): OpenAI, released 22 Sep 2026, 6 runs.
- [Grok 4.7](https://hypeorcode.com/models/grok-4-7/): xAI, released 21 Sep 2026, 2 runs.
- [MiMo v2.6 Flash](https://hypeorcode.com/models/mimo-v2-6-flash/): Xiaomi, released 21 Sep 2026, 5 runs.
- [MiMo v2.6 Pro](https://hypeorcode.com/models/mimo-v2-6-pro/): Xiaomi, released 21 Sep 2026, 6 runs.
- [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](https://hypeorcode.com/models/deepseek-v4-1-flash/): DeepSeek, released 10 Sep 2026, 6 runs.
- [Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://hypeorcode.com/models/gemini-3-8-flash/): Google, released 2 Sep 2026, 3 runs.
- [Claude Fable 5.1](https://hypeorcode.com/models/claude-fable-5-1/): Anthropic, released 1 Sep 2026, 6 runs.
- [Hy4 Preview](https://hypeorcode.com/models/hy4-preview/): Tencent, released 28 Aug 2026, 2 runs.
- [Nemotron 3.5 Lightning](https://hypeorcode.com/models/nemotron-3-5-lightning/): NVIDIA, released 11 Aug 2026, 6 runs.
- [Laguna S 2.1](https://hypeorcode.com/models/laguna-s-2-1/): Poolside, released 21 Jul 2026, 6 runs.
- [Kimi K3](https://hypeorcode.com/models/kimi-k3/): Moonshot AI, released 16 Jul 2026, 3 runs.
- [Nano Banana 2](https://hypeorcode.com/models/nano-banana-2/): Google, released 18 Jun 2026, 6 runs.
- [Nano Banana Pro](https://hypeorcode.com/models/nano-banana-pro/): Google, released 18 Jun 2026, 6 runs.
- [Nemotron 3 Ultra](https://hypeorcode.com/models/nemotron-3-ultra/): NVIDIA, released 4 Jun 2026, 6 runs.
- [MiniMax M3](https://hypeorcode.com/models/minimax-m3/): MiniMax, released 31 May 2026, 6 runs.
- [GPT-5.4 Image 2](https://hypeorcode.com/models/gpt-5-4-image-2/): OpenAI, released 21 Apr 2026, 6 runs.

## Data

- [data/models.json](https://hypeorcode.com/data/models.json): One row per model: id, name, maker, kinds, released (YYYY-MM-DD), price (USD per million tokens, in and out), free (the API route costs nothing), hn (Hacker News points), runs, href, sub.
- [data/runs.json](https://hypeorcode.com/data/runs.json): One row per run, newest first: challenge, model, kind, thumb, full, seconds, costUsd (as billed), list (cost at list price), numbers (for example "41 s, $0.08, API"), kb or words, href, via (api or cli), product; text runs carry their text.
- [data/challenges.json](https://hypeorcode.com/data/challenges.json): One row per prompt: id, title, label, brief (the prompt), kind (web, svg, text, image), added, runs, href.

## Optional

- [llms-full.txt](https://hypeorcode.com/llms-full.txt): the method, every prompt and every run of every model in one file
- [sitemap.xml](https://hypeorcode.com/sitemap.xml): every page