Model comparison

Grok 3 vs Hy3

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Hy3 Tencent

44.2

Rank #79 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 3 scores higher in 1 category and Hy3 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Hy3 leads 26.1 to 13.7.
  • Hy3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 3 and Hy3 specifications
Grok 3Hy3
ProviderxAITencent
Noometry Index39.944.2
Released2025-04-092026-07-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.0825
Output $ / M tokens—$0.33
Results tracked4019

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Category by category

Coding Hy3 leads

Grok 3: 41.9 (#115), Hy3: 46.8 (#63)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Hy3
LMArena Coding14321464
Aider Polyglot53.3%—
LMArena WebDev—1508
WeirdML37.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 3: 30.5 (#76), Hy3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Hy3
BALROG29.5%—

Reasoning Hy3 leads

Grok 3: 13.7 (#333), Hy3: 26.1 (#136)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Hy3
LMArena Hard Prompts14341447
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench36.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)—41.2%
ARC-AGI-15.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index138.33—

Math Hy3 leads

Grok 3: 38.0 (#145), Hy3: 40.1 (#93)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Hy3
LMArena Math13911475
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
MATH Level 588.7%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 46.2 (#82), Hy3: 40.8 (#114)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Hy3
LMArena Expert14211460
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
MMLU-Pro78.8%—
Confabulations14.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.8%—
GPQA (HELM)65%—

Multilingual Hy3 leads

Grok 3: 52.3 (#87), Hy3: 53.5 (#65)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Hy3
LMArena Non-English14101426
LMArena Chinese14481493
LMArena French14601461
LMArena German14311439
LMArena Japanese13871392
LMArena Korean13731395
LMArena Russian14161432
LMArena Spanish14171456

Instruction Following Too close to call

Grok 3: 75.0 (#73), Hy3: 75.1 (#70)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Hy3
LMArena Instruction Following14091426
IFEval88.4%—

Long Context Hy3 leads

Grok 3: 38.7 (#192), Hy3: 44.1 (#75)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Hy3
LMArena Longer Query14391442
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference Hy3 leads

Grok 3: 55.8 (#141), Hy3: 62.2 (#81)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Hy3
LMArena Text14261439
LMArena Creative Writing14141402
LMArena Multi-Turn14251436
Short-Story Creative Writing76.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1186—
WildBench84.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 3 better than Hy3?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 3 or Hy3 better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 41.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 3 and Hy3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Hy3 has 19.

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