Whale breach (3D)
aka whale breach test
Build a 3D whale breaching scene.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash@Bhavani_00007’s pick$0–$0.25 · 10 min
- Kimi K3@Bhavani_00007’s pick
- Gemini 4 Argon@Bhavani_00007’s pick
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017$0–$0.76 · 48 min
- Claude Opus 5.555 min
- GPT-6.1 Sol$2.00
- GPT-6 Astra$2.00
Not a controlled comparison: prompts, tools and time differ.
By model
6 postsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 10175
Whale breach scene, MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs three models: MiniMax M3.1 Flash, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol. Posted by @Bhavani_00007.
Humpback whale breach at golden hour, 3 models: Claude Opus 5.5, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash. Posted by @aGim_asf.
Whale breach in Three.js, four models one-shot: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash, GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Opus 5.5. Posted by @elliscrosby.
Whale scene and data page, 1017 vs 6.1 Sol: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GPT-6.1 Sol. Posted by @zheng_qili666.
Claude Opus 5.53
3D whale breaching scene: Gemini 4 Argon, Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Astra, Kimi K3. Posted by @Bhavani_00007.
Humpback whale breach at golden hour, 3 models: Claude Opus 5.5, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash. Posted by @aGim_asf.
Whale breach in Three.js, four models one-shot: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash, GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Opus 5.5. Posted by @elliscrosby.
GPT-6.1 Sol3
Whale breach scene, MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs three models: MiniMax M3.1 Flash, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol. Posted by @Bhavani_00007.
Whale breach in Three.js, four models one-shot: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash, GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Opus 5.5. Posted by @elliscrosby.
Whale scene and data page, 1017 vs 6.1 Sol: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GPT-6.1 Sol. Posted by @zheng_qili666.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash3
Whale breach scene, MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs three models: MiniMax M3.1 Flash, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol. Posted by @Bhavani_00007.
Humpback whale breach at golden hour, 3 models: Claude Opus 5.5, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash. Posted by @aGim_asf.
Whale breach in Three.js, four models one-shot: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash, GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Opus 5.5. Posted by @elliscrosby.
About this test
The whale breach (3D) test, run by 7 models across 6 posts on X. Watch each result, then compare what the posts report below.
Posts ask a model to build a 3D scene of a whale breaching the ocean surface, usually in Three.js: the whale’s leap, the splash and the water around it. None of the posts here publishes its full prompt, and harnesses and budgets differ, so results are only loosely comparable.
No fixed wording; posts use variations on the same idea.
Other wordings
A whale breaching at sunrise in Three.js.
Whale breach AI test: questions and answers
Which AI builds the best whale breach scene?
There is no overall winner: 3 of the 6 posts here name one, all by @Bhavani_00007, and each a different model: Gemini 4 Argon (on photorealism, against Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Astra and Kimi K3), Kimi K3 (against DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017) and MiniMax M3.1 Flash (against DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol). @zheng_qili666, @elliscrosby and @aGim_asf did not name a winner. Each post uses its own prompt and setup.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or GPT-6.1 Sol for a 3D whale breach?
No author picks between just these two. @zheng_qili666 reports near-tied scores (one run each, different harnesses) and says one whale shipped inside-out. In @elliscrosby’s one-shot Three.js run DeepSeek made the only real ocean, while GPT-6.1 Sol’s ocean shader didn’t compile. @Bhavani_00007 says MiniMax M3.1 Flash beat both.
How much does an AI whale breach scene cost?
As the authors state them: $0.25 for MiniMax M3.1 Flash in Claude Code, “roughly 8x cheaper than Astra and Sol” (@Bhavani_00007); about $2.50 for Kimi K3’s one-shot, with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 capped at the same $2.50 (@Bhavani_00007); about $0.35 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs $1.42 for GPT-6.1 Sol in API-equivalent cost (@zheng_qili666). The results table below lists every figure each post reports.
What is the whale breach test?
A name @Bhavani_00007 uses for asking a model to build a 3D scene of a whale breaching the ocean surface; the earliest post found, in October 2026, asks for a whale breaching at sunrise in Three.js. Other creators have since run their own versions; the ones on aivs.tv are listed on this page.
Results by model
Only numbers stated in each post. “—” means the post doesn’t say.
Summary
6 posts on X run this test with Claude Opus 5.5, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, Kimi K3 and Gemini 4 Argon. @aGim_asf, @Bhavani_00007 report per-model numbers (see the table).
Who won where
4- Whale breach scene, MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs three modelsMiniMax M3.1 Flash beats GPT-6.1 Sol in the author’s testing and looks better than the others while costing less than DeepSeek’s version.— the author’s view, @Bhavani_00007 (paraphrased)
- Whale breach in Three.js, four models one-shotOnly DeepSeek V4.1 Flash made a real ocean and MiniMax M3.1 Flash’s breach held up; GPT-6.1 Sol’s ocean shader didn’t compile and Opus 5.5 crashed on load.— the author’s view, @elliscrosby (paraphrased)
- Whale breach testKimi K3 still did better on the same budget.— the author’s view, @Bhavani_00007 (paraphrased)
- 3D whale breaching sceneArgon wins on photorealism; Opus and Kimi look more realistic than Astra.— the author’s view, @Bhavani_00007 (paraphrased)