AI World Clocks
Shares rank 8 of 10 AI benchmarks by recommenders
People recommend it as a fun, funny benchmark for comparing how AI models draw clocks. Critics say many clocks render incorrectly, are inaccurate, or break on Firefox.
People recommend it as a fun, funny benchmark for comparing how AI models draw clocks. Critics say many clocks render incorrectly, are inaccurate, or break on Firefox.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 62%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun, funny benchmark of AI models
“It's stupid, enlightening... funny and profound and the same time.”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks” “This is an awesome benchmark. Officially one of my favorites now.”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks” “It was a fun game until I got to the prompt”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks” Useful for tracking new models
“That's super neat. I'll keep checking back to this site as new models are released.”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks” “I find that pretty useful”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Clocks render incorrectly or break
“those clocks are all extremely inaccurate, even if AI could build a decent UI (which is not the case)”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks” “not a single clock renders correctly, almost looks like a joke on LLMs”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks” “obviously they're all broken on firefox”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks” Doubts about honesty and curation
“this is a website that takes the straight output of AI and serves it for execution on their website”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks” “I'm having a hard time believing this site is honest”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “AI World Clocks”
Other AI benchmarks people recommend
The four most recommended other AI benchmarks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis | 62 | 46 | 57% | 11 | — | — |
| LMArena | 39 | 40 | 49% | 11 | — | — |
| ARC-AGI | 22 | 24 | 48% | 8 | — | — |
| OCR Arena | 11 | 4 | 73% | 4 | — | Approved |
| AI World ClocksThis page | 8 | 5 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“That's super neat. I'll keep checking back to this site as new models are released.”
“This is an awesome benchmark. Officially one of my favorites now.”
“It's stupid, enlightening... funny and profound and the same time.”
“I'm having a hard time believing this site is honest”
“I find that pretty useful”
“The clock is perfect, the refresh happens, the clock looks like a Dali painting.”
“obviously they're all broken on firefox”
“not a single clock renders correctly, almost looks like a joke on LLMs”
“It was a fun game until I got to the prompt”
“this is a website that takes the straight output of AI and serves it for execution on their website”
“those clocks are all extremely inaccurate, even if AI could build a decent UI (which is not the case)”
“but kind of a waste of energy given everything is re-done every minute to compare”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.