Saloon prompt test: Gemini 4 Argon in 3 minutes for 15 cents
Four models ran the same western saloon video prompt; Gemini 4 Argon took 3 minutes and 15 cents and built swinging doors, while Opus 5.5 took 39 minutes and $4.80.
The brief asked for a saloon with swinging doors. Watch what each model puts in that doorway. Claude Opus 5.5 ran 39 minutes for $4.80. Gemini 4 Argon took 3 minutes and 15 cents. 2 minutes and 2 cents each for MiniMax M3.1 Flash and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017. Opus cost about 318x more than DeepSeek. A wild west town at high noon, one camera for all four. From 0:04 it pushes in on the saloon. DeepSeek shows a bare plank wall and a bench. Its whole town is one wooden pen. MiniMax has a plain doorway, with a second SALOON sign sunk into the balcony rail above it. Gemini built the doors, and its sepia town reads western from the first frame. Up close, they open into black. Opus: red saloon, gold sign, tumbleweeds at the porch. At 0:12 the doors swing open. It also sent a covered wagon down main street. Nobody asked for that. https://x.com/buzzhive_ai/status/2113417898165178525
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