{"slug": "ascii-art-bake-off-7-models-x-3-prompts", "title": "ASCII-art bake-off – 7 models × 3 prompts", "summary": "A benchmark comparing 8 AI models on ASCII-art generation across 3 prompts found Kimi K3 fastest at 14 seconds for the first prompt, while Fable 5 took 353 seconds and cost $1.229, and Opus 5 completed all prompts in about 12-13 seconds each.", "body_md": "# 🎨 ASCII-art bake-off — 8 models × 3 prompts\n\nstarted 2026-08-18T21:34:14.778Z · rendered 2026-08-18T21:34:14.784Z · **COMPLETE**\n\n**overall: 24 done / 24 (100%)**## progress by model\n\n**Kimi K3** p1 done 14sp2 done 559sp3 done 18s\n\n**Fable 5** p1 done 353sp2 done 21sp3 done 176s\n\n**Opus 5** p1 done 12sp2 done 13sp3 done 13s\n\n**Opus 4.5** p1 done 10sp2 done 23sp3 done 21s\n\n**Sonnet 5** p1 done 282sp2 done 275sp3 done 221s\n\n**Sonnet 4.5** p1 done 13sp2 done 21sp3 done 21s\n\n**Haiku 4.5** p1 done 58sp2 done 44sp3 done 83s\n\n**GPT-5.6 Sol** p1 done 128sp2 done 100sp3 done 83s\n\n## “cat pawing at a butterfly”\n\n**Kimi K3** — 14s · $0.118\n\n```\n                              /\\  /\\                                            \n                             (  \\/  )                                           \n                              \\    /   .  .                                     \n                               \\  /   .     .                                   \n                                \\/. .       .                                   \n                                  .  _.._                                       \n                                 .  /    \\                                      \n                                .  | .  . |                                     \n                                 .  \\_^^_/                                      \n                                  . |    |   /\\_/\\                              \n                                   \\      ( o.o  )                              \n                                    \\      > ^ <                                \n                                     \\   /|     |\\                              \n                                      \\_/ |     | \\                             \n                                       /||       ||\\                            \n                                      / ||       || \\                           \n                                        | \\_____/ |                             \n                                        | |     | |                             \n                                       _| |     | |_                            \n                                      (__|       |__)                           \n        _______________________________________________________                 \n       /_______________________________________________________\\\n```\n\n**Fable 5** — 353s · $1.229\n\n```\n                             \\ /                                                \n                          __\\\\ //__                                             \n                         (__(o^o)__)                                            \n                          (_/ v \\_)                                             \n                           ~     ~                                              \n                               /\\/\\       /\\_/\\                                 \n                               ('')      ( o.o )                                \n                                \\ \\        > ^ <                                \n                                  \\ \\   |       \\                               \n                                    \\ \\ |        '-.                            \n                                      \\_\\           \\                           \n                                        |            \\                          \n                                        |  |          \\                         \n                                        |  |           |    /\\                  \n                                        |  |           |   ( (                  \n                                        |  |           |    \\ \\                 \n                                        |  |           |     ) )                \n                                        |  |           |    / /                 \n                                        |  |           | __/ /                  \n                                       (___)________________/                   \n                         \"            ,      '           ,       \"\n```\n\n**Opus 5** — 12s · $0.019\n\n```\n                                    ,                                           \n                                   / \\        \\ /                               \n                                  |   |     --( )--                             \n                                  |   |       / \\                               \n                                   \\ /                                          \n                                    '        .-\"-.                              \n                                            /     \\                             \n                          .--.             |  ,-.  |                            \n                         /    \\             \\ `-' /                             \n                        |  ()  |             '-.-'                              \n                         \\    /             /     \\                             \n      /\\     /\\           '--'             '       '                            \n     /  \\___/  \\           ||                                                   \n    (  o     o  )          ||                                                   \n     \\    ^    /           ||                                                   \n      \\  '-'  /       .----''----.                                              \n       \\_____/       /            \\                                             \n        |   |       |   ~ ~ ~ ~    |                                            \n       _|   |_       \\            /                                             \n      (_______)       '----------'\n```\n\n**Opus 4.5** — 10s · $0.225\n\n```\n                                          .  .                                  \n                                         /|\\/|\\                                 \n                                        / |  | \\                                \n                                        \\_|  |_/                                \n                                          |  |                                  \n                                          '  '                                  \n                                                                                \n                              /\\                                                \n                             /  \\   _                                           \n                            / /\\ \\_/ |                                          \n                           |  \\/     |                                          \n                  /\\_/\\     \\       /                                           \n                 ( o.o )     |     |                                            \n                  > ^ <      /                                                  \n                 /|   |\\    /                                                   \n                ( |   | )  |                                                    \n                 \\|   |/   |                                                    \n                  |   |   /                                                     \n                  |   |  /                                                      \n                 /     \\/                                                       \n                /  / \\  \\                                                       \n               (__/   \\__)\n```\n\n**Sonnet 5** — 282s · $0.400\n\n```\n                                   ^   ^                                        \n                                  (\\/)                                         \n                                  ||                                           \n                                  (/\\)                                         \n                                   o                                           \n           /\\_/\\                  /                                           \n          ( o.o )                /                                            \n           > ^ <                /                                             \n           \\___/               /                                              \n              /                \\                                              \n              |                 |                                             \n              |                 |                                             \n              |                 )~~~                                          \n              |                 |    _                                        \n              |                 |     )                                       \n              |                 |   /                                         \n              |                 |                                             \n             (___________________)                                            \n               u               u                                              \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n```\n\n**Sonnet 4.5** — 13s · $0.038\n\n```\n                                   _.--._                                       \n                                 .'  __  '.                                     \n                                /   /  \\   \\                                    \n                               |   |    |   |                                   \n                                \\   \\__/   /                                    \n                                 '._    _.'                                     \n                                    '--'                                        \n                                                                                \n                                                                                \n                                      ,_                                        \n                                     / |                                        \n                                    /  |                                        \n                           /\\_/\\  _/   |                                        \n                          ( o.o )/     |                                        \n                           > ^ <       |                                        \n                          /|   |\\      |                                        \n                         (_|   |_)     '                                        \n                           |   |                                                \n                          /     \\                                               \n                         (_     _)                                              \n                           |   |                                                \n                          /     \\                                               \n                         '       '\n```\n\n**Haiku 4.5** — 58s · $0.041\n\n```\n                            ><(((o)))                                      \n                             ^     ^                                       \n                                                                            \n                                                                            \n                             /|                                            \n                            / |                                            \n                           |  |                                            \n                                                                            \n                          /\\_/\\                                            \n                         (  o o )                                          \n                          \\ _ /                                            \n                          /| |\\                                            \n                         / | | \\                                           \n                           | |                                             \n                          /   \\                                            \n                         /     \\\n```\n\n**GPT-5.6 Sol** — 128s · $0.200\n\n```\n+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+\n|                                                                              |\n|                                     *    .==-.  .-==.                        |\n|                                  .      /     \\/     \\                       |\n|                                         \\     /\\     /  *                    |\n|                                    *      '--(  )--'                         |\n|                                             .                                |\n|                                               .                              |\n|                        /\\_/\\            ( )                                   |\n|                      ( o.o )       \\  /                                       |\n|                       > ^ <         \\/                                        |\n|                       /|    |\\       \\__/                                     |\n|                      / |    | \\                                               |\n|                     /  |    |  \\                                              |\n|               ____ /   |    |   )                                             |\n|            .-'         |    |  /                                              |\n|           (            |    | /                                               |\n|            '.___  \\___/ \\___/                                                 |\n|            ______________________________________________________            |\n|                         .-----------------.                                    |\n|                                                                              |\n|                                                                              |\n|                                                                              |\n+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+\n```\n\n## “lighthouse in a storm”\n\n**Kimi K3** — 559s · $0.527\n\n```\n    .         '          .           *           '           .           *      \n        '            .            '                   _...._                    \n                  *                                  /    )   \\                 \n      .                                ( ~~~~ )|    (    |( ~~~ )         \n   '                                                \\        /~~~~~             \n            .                                         '....'(~~~ )              \n        *     .---.                                                             \n         ((( |=(O)=| )))                                                        \n              '---'  =======                                                    \n             |     |        =======                                             \n             |#####|               ========                                     \n             |     |                       =========                            \n             |#####|                                ========                    \n             |     |                                        ======              \n             |#####|                                  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \n            /_________\\                            ~\\/ ~\\/~  \\/~  ~\\/~ \\/~  ~\\/\n       ___/ \\_/\\   \\_/\\  \\_  ~\\/~ ~\\/~ ~\\/~ ~\\/~ ~\\/~ ~\\/~ ~\\/~ ~\\/~ ~\\/~ ~\\/~ ~\n/  \\_/\\__/  \\_/\\  __/ \\_/\\  \\___/  \\_/\\ \\/~~\\/  ~ \\/~~\\/  ~ \\/~~\\/  ~ \\/~~\\/  ~ \n\\_ /\\  \\_//  \\__/\\_  \\_/\\  \\_/\\  __/ \\_\\/\\_/~/\\~  ~    /\\~ ~\\/  ~\\/ ~ \\/~   ~\\/ \n_/\\  \\__/\\_   /\\  \\_/\\  \\__/  \\_/\\  /\\_/  \\__/\\_ ~/\\ ~  \\/~ ~\\/  ~/\\~   ~\\/ ~\\/ \n/\\_/\\  \\__/ \\_/\\__/\\_ \\  /\\_/\\  \\__/  \\_/\\  /\\_/\\__/ \\/~~\\  /~\\ ~\\/~~\\  /~~  \\/\\~ / \n \\__/\\_/\\  /\\  \\__/\\_ /\\_/\\  \\_\\__/  \\/\\_ /\\  \\~o ~\\/~  o\\/~o~  \\/~~  o~\\/~ oo~\\/\n/\\_/\\__/   \\_/  \\_/\\\\__/\\_/  \\ _/\\_  \\_/\\ ~\\/~o ~\\/ o~\\/  ~o~\\/~ o~\\/~  ~\\/~ o~ \n\\_/\\  \\_/\\_/  \\__/  /\\  /\\_/\\\\__/  o~ \\/o~~\\/ o ~o\\/~  o~\\/o~  \\/~o~   ~\\/o~\\/~\n```\n\n**Fable 5** — 21s · $0.094\n\n```\n                                       )                                       \n                                     ( ,-.  (                                     \n                                  .-( (   )  )-.                                 \n                                 (    ) (      )                                  \n                            _.-._ `-( `--.  )-'                                   \n                           ( ,--. )   `-._`-'                                     \n                            `-..-'      [_]                                       \n                                       /| |\\ __.--~~~--.._                        \n                                 __..-/ |*| \\~~--..__     ~~-.._                  \n                        __..--~~     /  |_|  \\       ~~--..__   ~~-..             \n                  _.-~~~            /   | |   \\              ~~--..__~~-.         \n                                   /    | |    \\                     ~~--~       \n                                  /_____|_|_____\\                                 \n                                  |     | |     |                                 \n                                 /|     |o|     |\\                                \n                        __      / |_____|_|_____| \\      __                       \n                    _.-'  `-._./ /################\\ \\_.-'  `--._                  \n                 .-'      .-'##/##/^\\###/^\\####/^\\##\\`-.       `-.               \n             _.-'    __.-'####|##|the rocks rise|####|##`-.__     `-._           \n_ _  _   ~ ~ \\  ~~.-'#########|#/  cliff of dark \\####|#####`-.~~  / ~ _  _ _    \n ~  ~~ ~~ ~ .-'~ /###########/#|    stone and     |###|########`~ ~\\~ ~~  ~      \n~~ _ ~ .-~-'  ~~ ~ ~~~ _ ~~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~ _ ~~~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~ _ ~~ ~~~ ~-._ ~~~  \n ~ ~~~ ~~ ~ ~~~ .-~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~ .-~ ~~~ ~~~ ~.~~~ ~~~ ~~~.~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~  \n~~~ _ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ _ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ _ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~\n```\n\n**Opus 5** — 13s · $0.022\n\n```\n                              (  .  )        .            *                    \n        .        *      ( ~ ~   ~  ~ )     ((  .-.  ))          .              \n    *          (  ~~  ~ )  __     ~   ~  ~ )    /  \\    )                      \n             ( ~   ~  ~   /||\\   ~   ~ )  ~   \\/    \\_/            *           \n      .       ~  ~  )    /_||_\\     ~  )  ~  ~  )        .                     \n                        |  __  |  \\                                            \n        *               | |__| |    \\ \\                                        \n                    .   |______|      \\  \\                                     \n                        |  ||  |        \\   \\                                  \n                        | [||] |          \\    \\        .                      \n                        |  ||  |            \\     \\                            \n       .                |______|              \\      \\                         \n                    __/=========\\__             \\       \\                      \n                 __/###############\\__            \\        \\                   \n              __/#####################\\__           \\         \\                \n           __/###########################\\__          \\          \\             \n        __/#################################\\__         \\           \\          \n     __/#######################################\\__        \\            \\       \n  __/#############################################\\__       \\             \\    \n /#####################################################\\_     \\              \\ \n/##########################################################\\    ~   ~    ~     \n############################################################\\ ~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ \n##############################################################  ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~ \n##############################################################   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n```\n\n**Opus 4.5** — 23s · $0.063\n\n```\n                                                    _.--._                      \n                                              _.- ~      ~ -._    )             \n                                           .-~    )    C      ~-./              \n                        . - ~ ~ - .       /                      \\              \n                     .-~  ~~^~~  ~~~ -.  (    ~~~  ~~~ ~~~  ~~~   )             \n                    /  ~~~   ~~   ~~~  \\  \\_    ~~   ~~~   ~~   _/              \n                   (  ~~~~  ~~~  ~~~~ ~~ )   ~ - . _ _ _ . - ~                  \n                    \\_ ~~~  ~~  ~~~  __/            |_|                         \n          . - ~ ~ - . ~-. _ _ _ .-~        _________|_|_________                \n       .-~ ~~  ~~  ~~ ~-.              ___/   ___   |_|   ___   \\___            \n      /  ~~  ~~~~  ~~  ~~ \\   ______  |  |   |   |  |_|  |   |   |  |           \n     (  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~~  ) /------\\ |  |   |___|  |_|  |___|   |  |           \n      \\   ~~~~~~         /  |      | |__|_________|_|___________|__|           \n    ___~-._  ~~~  ___.--~   |      | |  ||  |   | |_| |   |  ||  |  /_____     \n   /   ~~~~  ~~~~   ~~~~    |______|_|__||__|___|_|_|_|___|__||__|_/  ~~~  \\    \n  /  ~~   ~~~~~  ~~    ~~  /^^^^^^^^|___________________________|^^^\\ ~~~ ~~\\   \n / ~~~  ~~~~  ~~~  ~~~~   / ~ ~ ~ ~/  .'^\"'^.   .'^\"'^.   .'^\"'^. ~\\ ~~~~  ~\\  \n/  ~~~~   ~~~   ~~~~  ~~~/ ~ ~  ~ / ,/`  __ `\\./` __  `\\./`  __ `\\, \\~ ~~~  ~\\ \n~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^/~~~~~~~~/^^/^^^/^^/^^^/^^/^^^/^^/^^^/^^/^^^/^~^~^~^~^\\~\n  ~   ~    ~   ~   ~   ~   ~    ~   ~   ~    ~   ~    ~   ~   ~    ~   ~    ~   \n~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~\n   ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~   \n~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~ \n  ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~    ~~\n```\n\n**Sonnet 5** — 275s · $0.420\n\n```\n                     *                                                   *        \n              *                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)         \n                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~          \n        *                                                                   *  \n               /^\\   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    \n             |[ o ]|                                                          \n            |=======|                                                         \n            |   o   |- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -    \n            |       |                                                         \n            |   o   |                                                         \n           |         |                                                        \n           |         |.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .      \n          |___________|                                                       \n_.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^._.^.\n/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \n|/\\||/\\||/\\||/\\||/\\||/\\||/\\||/\\||/\\||/\\|^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~\n^#^#^#^#^#^#^#^#~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~\n~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v\n^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~\nv~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~\n~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^~v~^\n~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v\n^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~^v~~\n~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^~^v^\n```\n\n**Sonnet 4.5** — 21s · $0.047\n\n```\n                  (                                                             \n             (    )  )                                                          \n               ))  (                                                            \n                                                                                \n                                                                                \n                       |\"\"\"\"\"|                                                  \n                       |  _  |                                                  \n                       | |*| |                                                  \n                       | |*| |                                                  \n                       | |*| |    ___-----___                                   \n                       |_|*|_|___/           \\___                               \n                      /||     |                  \\___                           \n                     / ||     |                      \\___                       \n                    /  ||_____|                          \\                      \n                   /   /|    /\\                           \\                     \n                  /   / |   /  \\___                        \\                    \n                 /   /  |  /       \\___                     \\                   \n          ___   /   /   | /            \\___           _____/                    \n      ~~~     \\/   /    |/                 \\____  ___/                          \n    ~~  ~~~ ~~~ \\ /    /~~~  ~~~  ~~            \\/                              \n  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~\\/____/ ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~                                         \n~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~ ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~                                       \n  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~                                    \n ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~  ~~  ~~~\n```\n\n**Haiku 4.5** — 44s · $0.031\n\n```\n            .   .       .   .       .                   .   .   .              \n                                                                                \n                          (~)   ~~                                             \n                          | ~~~~                                               \n                                                                                \n                                    /|\\                                        \n                                   / | \\                                       \n                                  /  |  \\                                      \n                                 |   |   | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      \n                                 |   |   |                                     \n                                 |   |   |                                     \n                                /|   |   |\\                                    \n                               / |   |   | \\                                   \n        ~   ~  ~~            /   |   |   |   \\            ~~  ~   ~           \n       ~~   ~ ~~~            /   |   |   |   \\            ~~~ ~   ~~          \n      ~~~   ~~~~~           /    |   |   |    \\           ~~~~~ ~   ~~~       \n     ~~~~   ~~~~~          /     |   |   |     \\          ~~~~~ ~   ~~~~      \n    ~~~~~   ~~~~          /      |   |   |      \\          ~~~~  ~   ~~~~~     \n   ~~~~~~   ~~           /       |   |   |       \\           ~~  ~   ~~~~~~    \n  ~~~~~~~  ~~~~        /         |   |   |         \\        ~~~~  ~  ~~~~~~~   \n ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~      /           |   |   |           \\      ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~   \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n```\n\n**GPT-5.6 Sol** — 100s · $0.160\n\n```\n     .                     *                  _..-''-.              .             \n            *                       .     .-''-.                   *          \n       *                              .' /      )               .             \n             .--.           _.--'  `--. `-._)  .--.   `-'    `-.___.-        \n                         /\\                               ...------------\n                   _____/--\\__                   /------------------------------\n                       | () |   /=======================================>  \n     .                 | ** |=======================================>          \n                       |____|   \\---------------------------------...             \n                        |  |                    \\----------------------..      \n*                      /|  |\\                          ..\\------------        \n                       ||  ||                                   .\\----..    \n     .                /|    |\\                                                  \n                      |  []  |                                                  \n                   /|      |\\                                                   \n                 _/ |________|\\_                                                \n              __/^^^^^\\__        \\_                                             \n       _____/^^^/       \\__         \\____             _/\\_   _/\\    \\_/  \\_/\\\n   ___/^^^^^^^\\       \\___          \\__        \\___/\\_/\\  \\    \\  \\___/\\_  \\__ \n__/^^^/      \\__          \\___          \\__   _/\\_  \\__/    \\_/  \\_/\\_  \\__/    \n^^^^\\         \\______          __/\\_   _/    \\__    _/\\    \\_/   \\_/\\_   \\__   \n^^^/  \\___           __/\\_    /     \\__/\\_  _/    \\_/  \\_/\\\\   \\/  \\__/\\_     \n^^\\____        _/\\_  ___/    \\_/  \\_/\\    \\__  \\_/\\    \\___   _/\\    \\__/  \\_/\\\n^^^\\__  __/\\_  \\/\\__  \\__/    \\_/\\  _/\\_   \\_/  \\__/\\_  \\__  \\_/\\__  _/\\___/\\__\n```\n\n## “hot-air balloon over hills”\n\n**Kimi K3** — 18s · $0.077\n\n```\n                              ~    .---.    ~\n                                     (  o  )\n                                __.-'       '-.__\n                              .'   / \\  / \\  /   '.\n                             /    |   ||   ||    \\\n                            ;      \\  ||  /       ;\n                            |       \\/||\\/        |\n                            |        \\  /         |\n                             \\        ||         /\n                              '._     ||     _.'\n                                 '.__.||.__.'\n                                    |  |\n                                   _|\\/|_\n                                  (______)\n                                   | || |\n                                   \\    /\n                                    '=='\n                                    (oo)  o/  <- passengers\n      ~~ ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~\n                         /\\                    .\n                        /  \\    /\\      ^  /\\ /\\\n              _ .      /____\\  /  \\    /|\\/  /  \\      ,\n             (_)_)    _|o  o|_ |==|   / |  _/____\\   _/\\_\n      .-^-._/   \\_.-^\\_,----, |  |   /|_| | | [] |  /    \\\n     /  village    /__\\ /__\\ |__|  /      | |    | |  []  |\n           /\\___  ____         /\\      /\\      ___     /\\  ____\n      ____/  __ \\/    \\_______/  \\____/  \\____/   \\___/  \\/    \\___\n  ___/  \\__/    \\____/                /\\              /\\           \\\n /                 \\__  /\\   .o.     /  \\   /\\   o   /  \\    o      \\\n______________________\\/  \\____\\____/____\\_/  \\______/____\\_________\n```\n\n**Fable 5** — 176s · $0.715\n\n```\n                                 .--~~~~--.                                     \n                               .'  |    |  '.               ~~~~~               \n                              /    |    |    \\                                  \n                             ;     |    |     ;                                 \n        ~~~~                 |     |    |     |                                 \n                             |     |    |     |                                 \n                             ;     |    |     ;               ~~~~~~            \n                              \\    |    |    /                                  \n                               '.  |    |  .'                                   \n                                 '-.____.-'                                     \n                                  \\ |  | /                                      \n                                   \\|  |/                                       \n                                   [____]                                       \n            \\/   \\/                                                             \n                                                      _.-~~~-._                 \n              _.-~~~-._                          _.-~'         '~-._            \n         _.-~'         '~-._                _.-~'                   '~-._       \n    _.-~'                   '~-._      _.-~'                             '~-._  \n.-~'                             '~--~'                                       '~\n         /\\           +                          /\\       .--.                  \n        /  \\         / \\     ____     ____      /  \\     (    )    /\\           \n       /____\\       /___\\   /    \\   /    \\    /____\\     '--'    /  \\          \n         ||         |_o_|   |_[]_|   |_##_|      ||        ||      ||           \n____,____,____,____,____,____,____,____,____,____,____,____,____,____,____,____,\n```\n\n**Opus 5** — 13s · $0.022\n\n```\n                        .-\"\"\"-.                                                 \n                      .'       '.                                              \n                     /  .-\"\"\"-.  \\                                             \n                    /  /       \\  \\                                            \n                   |  |  ~   ~  |  |                                           \n                   |  |   /|\\   |  |                                           \n                   |  |  / | \\  |  |                                           \n                    \\  \\   |   /  /                                            \n                     \\  '-.|.-'  /                                             \n                      '.   |   .'                                              \n                        '--+--'                                                \n                        /  |  \\                                                \n                       /   |   \\                                               \n                      |  [___]  |                                              \n                      |  |   |  |                                              \n                       '-|___|-'                                               \n                                                                               \n                 ^                        ^     ^                              \n        ^       /_\\        _[]_          /_\\   /_\\        ^                    \n   ^   /_\\     /___\\      /|__|\\        /___\\ /___\\      /_\\      ^            \n  /_\\  |||     | | |     _|_||_|_       | | | | | |      |||     /_\\           \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n   .-~~~-.__.-~~~~-.____.-~~~~~~-.___.-~~~~-.__.-~~~~~~-.___.-~~~~-.__.-~~~~-.\n```\n\n**Opus 4.5** — 21s · $0.074\n\n```\n                                    .-\"\"\"-.                                     \n                                   /       \\                                    \n                                  |  o   o  |                                   \n                                  |    ^    |                                   \n                                   \\  ===  /                                    \n                                    '-----'                                     \n                                     \\   /                                      \n                                      \\_/                                       \n                                      |=|                                       \n                                     [___]                                      \n                                                                                \n                                                                                \n                       ^        ^              ^         ^                      \n            ^    ^    /|\\  ^   /|\\    ^       /|\\   ^   /|\\    ^                \n      ^    /|\\  /|\\  /||\\ /|\\ /|||\\  /|\\     /|||\\./|\\ /|||\\  /|\\     ^         \n   __/|\\__/|||\\/_||\\(||||\\|||\\|||||\\/|||\\   /||||\\/||\\/||||\\./|||\\___/|\\__      \n  /  |||  |||| ||||  |||||||||||||| ||||\\./|||||||||||\\|||| ||||    |||   \\     \n / ,___,      ,___,       ,___,  ,___,        ,___,      ,___,   ,___,     \\    \n/  |___|  []  |___|  /\\   |___|  |___|   /\\   |___|  []  |___|   |___|  []  \\   \n   | _ |      | _ | /  \\  | _ |  | _ |  /  \\  | _ |      | _ |   | _ |          \n~~~|===|~~~~~~|===|~~~~~~|===|~~|===|~~~~~~~~|===|~~~~~~|===|~~~|===|~~~~~~~~~~\n   '---'      '---'      '---'  '---'        '---'      '---'   '---'          \n                                                                                \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n```\n\n**Sonnet 5** — 221s · $0.314\n\n```\n                                                    .--.                        \n                                                  (    )                        \n                                 .--\"\"\"\"\"\"\"--.                                  \n                                 /  |  |  |  \\                                  \n                                 |  |  |  |  |                                  \n                                 |  :  |  :  |                                  \n                                 |  |  |  |  |                                  \n                                 '--.......--'                                  \n                                      | |                                       \n                                     /   \\                                      \n                                  [=========]                                   \n                                  [_________]                                   \n              v                                                 v               \n                                                                                \n_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-\n,-~~~~-,,-~~~~-,,-~~~~-,,-~~~~-,,-~~~~-,,-~~~~-,,-~~~~-,,-~~~~-,,-~~~~-,,-~~~~-,\n          /\\   /\\     /\\ /\\ /\\     /\\   /\\                                      \n          ||   ||     []   []   []     ||   ||                                  \n________________________________________________________________________________\n._.-'^'-._._.-'^'-._._.-'^'-._._.-'^'-._._.-'^'-._._.-'^'-._._.-'^'-._._.-'^'-._\n..,,..,,....,,..,,....,,..,,....,,..,,....,,..,,....,,..,,....,,..,,....,,..,,..\n,,..,,..,,,,..,,..,,,,..,,..,,,,..,,..,,,,..,,..,,,,..,,..,,,,..,,..,,,,..,,..,,\n________________________________________________________________________________\n```\n\n**Sonnet 4.5** — 21s · $0.039\n\n```\n                                   .-\"\"\"\"-.                                      \n                                 .'        '.                                    \n                                /    .--.    \\                                   \n                               |    /    \\    |                                  \n                               |   |  ()  |   |                                  \n                               |    \\    /    |                                  \n                                \\    '--'    /                                   \n                                 '.        .'                                    \n                                   '-.  .-'                                      \n                                    |  |  |                                      \n                                   [______]                                      \n                                                                                 \n                                                                                 \n                                                                                 \n            .---.                                                                \n           /     \\          *                                                    \n    *     /       \\        /|\\                      /\\                           \n         /         \\    * / | \\                    /  \\        *                 \n    ____/___________\\____/__|__\\__________    ____/____\\____  /|\\  ____         \n   /  | []  []  |  |   /   |   |   \\     |   |    /||\\ |   |/ | \\/    \\        \n  /   |_________|  |  |  |_|_|_|_|  |[]  |   | []|/|||\\|[] |  |  | []  |       \n /                  \\  \\___________/      \\   \\___________/   \\__/      /       \n/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\/~~~~~~~~\\        \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         \n</thinking>\n\n                                   .-\"\"\"\"-.                                      \n                                 .'        '.                                    \n                                /    .--.    \\                                   \n                               |    /    \\    |                                  \n                               |   |  ()  |   |                                  \n                               |    \\    /    |                                  \n                                \\    '--'    /                                   \n                                 '.        .'                                    \n                                   '-.  .-'                                      \n                                    |  |  |                                      \n                                   [______]                                      \n                                                                                 \n                                                                                 \n            .---.                                                                \n           /     \\          *                                                    \n    *     /       \\        /|\\                      /\\                           \n         /         \\    * / | \\                    /  \\        *                 \n    ____/___________\\____/__|__\\__________    ____/____\\____  /|\\  ____         \n   /  | []  []  |  |   /   |   |   \\     |   |    /||\\ |   |/ | \\/    \\        \n  /   |_________|  |  |  |_|_|_|_|  |[]  |   | []|/|||\\|[] |  |  | []  |       \n /                  \\  \\___________/      \\   \\___________/   \\__/      /       \n/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\/~~~~~~~~\\        \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         \n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n```\n\n**Haiku 4.5** — 83s · $0.049\n\n```\n                              /       \\                                        \n                            /           \\                                      \n                          /       o o     \\                                    \n                        |                 |                                    \n                        |                 |                                    \n                          \\             /                                      \n                            \\___+___/                                          \n                                 |||                                           \n                        +-------+||+-------+                                   \n                        | [ ]   ||   [ ]  |                                    \n                        |_______|||||____|                                     \n                                                                                \n                     /\\              /\\          /\\                            \n                    /  \\            /  \\        /  \\                           \n                   /    \\   /\\     /    \\  /\\  /    \\                          \n                  /      \\ /  \\   /      \\/  \\/      \\                         \n                 /   tree  /tree\\ / tree  /\\  /       \\                        \n                /         \\   \\/   /|\\ ||\\ /         \\                         \n               /   village  \\ /\\  /||||X||\\          \\                         \n              /    /||\\    \\/|||\\||||||||||\\           \\                       \n             /    /||||\\ /||||||||||||||||||\\           \\                      \n            /~~~~~/|||||~||||||||||||||||||~\\~~~~~~~~~~~                       \n           /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n```\n\n**GPT-5.6 Sol** — 83s · $0.157\n\n```\n+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+\n|                           .-\"\"\"\"-.                                           |\n|    _.--._               .-'        '-.                                       |\n|  .-'      '-.          /              \\                                      |\n| (            )         /   .-~~~~~~-.   \\                                    |\n|  '-._    _.-'         |   /          \\   |                                   |\n|       v                |  |            |  |                                  |\n|                         \\  \\          /  /                                   |\n|                          '. '-.____.-' .'                                    |\n|                            '-.______.-'                                      |\n|                                ||    ||                 v                    |\n|                             .----------.                                     |\n|                             |  o    o  |                                     |\n|                             |    __    |                                     |\n|                             '----------'                                     |\n|     _..---.._                 _..---.._                _..---.._             |\n|   .-'         '-.       /\\          .-'         '-.        &&&               |\n|.-'    /\\  /\\    '-.___ /  \\ ___.-'   /\\  /\\      '-.___  &&&&&               |\n|      /__\\ /__\\            |[]|  /__\\ /__\\             &&&                    |\n|      |[]| |  |      /\\    |__|  |  | |[]|       /\\     ||                    |\n|__..--|__|_|__|--.._/  \\___/  \\__|__|_|__|__.._/  \\____||__..                 |\n|        &&&                    &&&&&                    &&&                   |\n|~~~~~~|||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|\n+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+\n```\n\n", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ascii-art-bake-off-7-models-x-3-prompts", "canonical_source": "https://bloop.monster/ascii-art-92081b30cfc5d00135795942", "published_at": "2026-08-18 21:11:23+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 21:41:55.919099+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Kimi K3", "Fable 5", "Opus 5", "Opus 4.5", "Sonnet 5", "Sonnet 4.5", "Haiku 4.5", "GPT-5.6 Sol"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ascii-art-bake-off-7-models-x-3-prompts", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ascii-art-bake-off-7-models-x-3-prompts.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ascii-art-bake-off-7-models-x-3-prompts.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ascii-art-bake-off-7-models-x-3-prompts.jsonld"}}