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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Hy3

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 44.2 on the Noometry Index. Hy3 costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Hy3 Tencent

44.2

Rank #79 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Hy3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 26.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 89% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 41.2% for Hy3.
  • Hy3 is cheaper at $0.0825 / $0.33 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Hy3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashHy3
ProviderGoogleTencent
Noometry Index54.144.2
Released2026-07-212026-07-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.0825
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.33
Results tracked4619

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Hy3: 46.8 (#63)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
LMArena WebDev15381508
LMArena Coding14911464
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Hy3: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Hy3: 26.1 (#136)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
NYT Connections (extended)89%41.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851447
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Hy3: 40.1 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
LMArena Math15051475
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Hy3: 40.8 (#114)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
LMArena Expert14881460
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Hy3: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Hy3: 53.5 (#65)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
LMArena Non-English14691426
LMArena Chinese15311493
LMArena French15041461
LMArena German14781439
LMArena Japanese14761392
LMArena Korean14311395
LMArena Russian14871432
LMArena Spanish14751456

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Hy3: 75.1 (#70)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
LMArena Instruction Following14661426

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Hy3: 44.1 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
LMArena Longer Query14741442

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Hy3: 62.2 (#81)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashHy3
LMArena Text14791439
LMArena Creative Writing14651402
LMArena Multi-Turn14811436
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Hy3?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 44.2 on the Noometry Index. Hy3 costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Hy3?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.0825 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Hy3 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 46.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Hy3 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Hy3 has 19.

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