Model comparison — flyer generation

branch feature/inline-svgs-with-gemini-3.5-flash · 6 prompts × 4 variants · cells are the live HTML (zoom freely, stays crisp) · open↗ = full size

promptGemini 3.1 Prothinking: mediumGemini 3.5 Flashthinking: mediumGLM-5.2reasoning: MAX (high)GLM-5.2reasoning: medium
Garden Soiree (botanical invite)$0.16499s · 6 svg$0.12464s · 3 svg$0.0288131s · 10 svg$0.0840873s · 8 svg
ELECTRIC HORIZON (music festival)$0.10566s · 1 svg$0.11559s · 3 svg$0.0721654s · 3 svg$0.0264287s · 11 svg
The Crusty Loaf (artisan bakery)$0.11271s · 2 svg$0.074337s · 1 svg$0.029173s · 11 svg$0.024050s · 9 svg
TERRA (wellness retreat)$0.10969s · 2 svg$0.083847s · 8 svg$0.04961543s · 7 svg$0.0585179s · 8 svg
The Bespoke Gentleman (tailor)$0.13783s · 3 svg$0.082045s · 3 svg$0.023959s · 8 svg$0.0250341s · 8 svg
Bright Smile Dental (QR booking)$0.11567s · 10 svg$0.082244s · 10 svg$0.021983s · 10 svg$0.0277134s · 10 svg
TOTAL / column$0.742tot · avg 76s · 24 svg$0.561tot · avg 49s · 28 svg$0.225tot · avg 424s · 49 svg$0.246tot · avg 311s · 54 svg

Each cell shows latency · cost · inline-svg count · output tokens. All runs: product flyer, A5 Portrait, temperature 0.3, font-mode web. Gemini effort = thinking_level medium; GLM-5.2 in two efforts — OpenRouter reasoning high (its max tier, labelled MAX) and medium; both capped at 32768 output tokens. GLM cost computed at $0.95/M in · $3.00/M out (output incl. reasoning tokens); Gemini cost via genai-prices. GLM latency is highly variable provider-side.

Garden Soiree (botanical invite) flyer · A5 · Portrait

Gemini 3.1 Pro thinking: medium 99s $0.164 6 svg 12703 out-tok open ↗
Gemini 3.5 Flash thinking: medium 64s $0.124 3 svg 12777 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: MAX (high) 131s $0.0288 10 svg 7816 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: medium 873s $0.0840 8 svg 26218 out-tok open ↗

ELECTRIC HORIZON (music festival) flyer · A5 · Portrait

Gemini 3.1 Pro thinking: medium 66s $0.105 1 svg 7682 out-tok open ↗
Gemini 3.5 Flash thinking: medium 59s $0.115 3 svg 11735 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: MAX (high) 654s $0.0721 3 svg 22169 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: medium 287s $0.0264 11 svg 6948 out-tok open ↗

The Crusty Loaf (artisan bakery) flyer · A5 · Portrait

Gemini 3.1 Pro thinking: medium 71s $0.112 2 svg 8219 out-tok open ↗
Gemini 3.5 Flash thinking: medium 37s $0.0743 1 svg 7158 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: MAX (high) 73s $0.0291 11 svg 7751 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: medium 50s $0.0240 9 svg 6035 out-tok open ↗

TERRA (wellness retreat) flyer · A5 · Portrait

Gemini 3.1 Pro thinking: medium 69s $0.109 2 svg 8027 out-tok open ↗
Gemini 3.5 Flash thinking: medium 47s $0.0838 8 svg 8885 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: MAX (high) 1543s $0.0496 7 svg 14683 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: medium 179s $0.0585 8 svg 17642 out-tok open ↗

The Bespoke Gentleman (tailor) flyer · A5 · Portrait

Gemini 3.1 Pro thinking: medium 83s $0.137 3 svg 10366 out-tok open ↗
Gemini 3.5 Flash thinking: medium 45s $0.0820 3 svg 8647 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: MAX (high) 59s $0.0239 8 svg 6012 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: medium 341s $0.0250 8 svg 6405 out-tok open ↗

Bright Smile Dental (QR booking) flyer · A5 · Portrait

Gemini 3.1 Pro thinking: medium 67s $0.115 10 svg 8403 out-tok open ↗
Gemini 3.5 Flash thinking: medium 44s $0.0822 10 svg 8594 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: MAX (high) 83s $0.0219 10 svg 5260 out-tok open ↗
GLM-5.2 reasoning: medium 134s $0.0277 10 svg 7186 out-tok open ↗