Frontier Models

ChatGPT-5.5 (Free)

ChatGPT was the only model that insisted on creating raster images even though the prompt explicitly states generating an SVG output. Eventually I changed the prompt to "Please generate an SVG (not a raster image) of an octopus trying to solve a Rubik's Cube". The interesting is that it is also the only model that generated a real-time accumulated SVG so I could see the vector image taking shape as it was drawn.

?! So many sides...

Claude Sonnet5 (High)

An octopus struggling to solve a Rubik's cube A cartoon pink octopus with a worried expression wraps several tentacles around a 3x3 Rubik's cube, one tentacle scratches its head, another flails in the air, and a single sticker has popped loose and floats away.

Claude Sonnet 5 (Medium)

An octopus trying to solve a Rubik's cube A cartoon octopus with eight tentacles, several holding onto and twisting a colorful Rubik's cube, with a puzzled expression.

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Gemini 3.6 Flash (Extended)

HOW TO SOLVE THE CUBE R U R' U' F R U R' ? ?

Grok-4.5 (Fast)

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Small Models (Consumer hardware)

These models can all be run on the average home computer on both GPU and CPU (although you'll have to be a bit patient if using CPU)

Ornith-1.0-9B-GGUF-UD-Q4_K_XL (Thinking)

Ornith-1.0-9B was released on June 25, 2026, by DeepReinforce, and is post-trained on top of Gemma 4 and Qwen 3.5 foundation backbones Model GGUF size is 5.6GB

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Gemma-4-12B-it-qat (Thinking)

An open weights model Released by Google around July 2026. GGUF Size: 6.3GB.

Qwen3.5-9B-UD-Q4_K_XL

Released March 2026 - GGUf size is 5.6GB

Octopus Solving Rubik's Cube

Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct-128K-Q4_K_M

GGUF size: Qwen 2.5 Coder is considered one of the earlier most powerful coding models that could run on consumer hardware (Early means October 2024 - this is the pace we are at). I don't know if the abstract art supposed to be an octopus solving a Rubik's cube that it generated teaches us much about the improvement of coding abilities in newer models, but it is astonishing how much models on consumer machines have improved since its release.