Model comparison

GPT-5 Mini vs Hy4 preview

Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5 Mini costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Mini OpenAI

41.8

Rank #128 Confirmed

Hy4 preview Tencent

45.3

Rank #73 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5 Mini scores higher in 0 categories and Hy4 preview in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Hy4 preview leads 51.6 to 40.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 9% for GPT-5 Mini and 75% for Hy4 preview.
  • GPT-5 Mini is cheaper at $0.25 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $2.25 for Hy4 preview.
  • Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.
  • Hy4 preview has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Mini and Hy4 preview specifications
GPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
ProviderOpenAITencent
Noometry Index41.845.3
Released2025-08-072026-08-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K1.05M
Max output128K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.25$0.75
Output $ / M tokens$2$2.25
Results tracked603

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Category by category

Coding Hy4 preview leads

GPT-5 Mini: 40.1 (#146), Hy4 preview: 51.6 (#38)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
SWE-bench Verified64.7%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)59.8%—
LMArena WebDev—1632
SWE-bench Multilingual39.7%—
SciCode39.2%—
WeirdML52.7%—
LMArena Coding1406—
ALE-Bench799.77—
AlgoTune1.38—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 31.1 (#70), Hy4 preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
Terminal-Bench34.8%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.5%—
Vending-Bench 2-31.18—

Reasoning Hy4 preview leads

GPT-5 Mini: 23.9 (#168), Hy4 preview: 31.9 (#79)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
ARC-AGI-24.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)—68.2%
ARC-AGI-154.3%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles30%—
EnigmaEval8.2%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1380—
Mystery Game Puzzles10%—
DTBench80.5%—
LMCA34.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.52—
ForecastBench61—

Math Hy4 preview leads

GPT-5 Mini: 46.7 (#69), Hy4 preview: 55.7 (#42)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
ProofBench9%75%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.7%—
Omni-MATH72.2%—
LMArena Math1378—
MATH Level 597.8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)6.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 45.6 (#86), Hy4 preview: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
GPQA Diamond75%—
Humanity's Last Exam19.4%—
SimpleQA Verified21.6%—
MMLU-Pro83.5%—
Confabulations13.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.9%—
GPQA (HELM)75.6%—
LMArena Expert1379—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 35.6 (#85), Hy4 preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
LMArena Vision1202—
VPCT40.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 48.9 (#137), Hy4 preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
LMArena Non-English1363—
LMArena Chinese1385—
LMArena French1386—
LMArena German1366—
LMArena Japanese1341—
LMArena Korean1308—
LMArena Russian1362—
LMArena Spanish1355—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 76.2 (#46), Hy4 preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
IFEval92.7%—
LMArena Instruction Following1357—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 41.9 (#132), Hy4 preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
Fiction.LiveBench69.4%—
LMArena Longer Query1355—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 55.2 (#148), Hy4 preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniHy4 preview
LMArena Text1373—
LMArena Creative Writing1325—
Short-Story Creative Writing83.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1313—
WildBench85.5%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1363—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Mini better than Hy4 preview?

Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5 Mini costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Mini or Hy4 preview?

GPT-5 Mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Hy4 preview lists at $0.75 and $2.25.

Is GPT-5 Mini or Hy4 preview better for coding?

Hy4 preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Mini and Hy4 preview share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5 Mini has 60 scored results on Noometry and Hy4 preview has 3.

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