GPT-6-Astra's Hand-Drawn Game Controller SVG Goes Viral
Models codenamed GPT-6-Astra / GPT-6-Astra-Max went viral for hand-writing PlayStation controller SVGs without any image references, becoming a meme-style benchmark for the vector drawing ability of next-generation models.
Confirmed
- User Angaisb had GPT-6-Astra-Max draw a best-effort PS4 controller SVG in 11m54s, and an Impressionist-style PS4 controller SVG in 12m8s, with impressive results.
- Reposter jxnlco admitted the model is impressive but mocked how absurdly slow it is.
- Another user ran GPT-6 Astra at the highest reasoning setting for 32 minutes on a PS5 controller SVG, with results described as "cooked again".
- Reddit posts resharing the X results show "draw a PS4 controller" spreading as a benchmark.
Why it matters
- Producing high-quality, artistically styled SVG art directly from a text model is counterintuitive, showing the expressiveness gains of newer models in vector graphics.
- Structurally complex everyday objects like game controllers serve as cheap, viral capability tests likely to persist for model comparison.
- Runtimes of 12 to 32 minutes highlight the efficiency cost of long-reasoning drawing, the other side of this capability.
2026-09-05 ~ 2026-09-05 · 6 related posts
Primary sources
- [source] GPT-6 Astra Spends 11 Minutes 54 Seconds Hand-Crafting a Single SVG — Angaisb_ · 2026-09-05
- [source] GPT-6 Astra draws a PS4 controller as an impressionist SVG painting — Angaisb_ · 2026-09-05
- GPT-6 Astra Generates Impressionist PS4 Controller SVG in 12 Minutes — Angaisb_ · 2026-09-05
- GPT-6-Astra-Max Draws a PS4 Controller in SVG, the Internet's Newest Drawing Meme — WaqarKhanHD · 2026-09-05
- GPT-6 'Astra' spends 32 minutes at max reasoning to draw a PS5 controller SVG — jxnlco · 2026-09-05
- GPT-6-Astra-Max took 11m54s to generate a PS4 controller SVG from scratch — jxnlco · 2026-09-05