Model comparison
Hy3 vs Inkling
Hy3 and Inkling score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.2 vs 44.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
TencentSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Hy3 scores higher in 3 categories and Inkling in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling leads 40.4 to 26.1.
- Hy3 is cheaper at $0.0825 / $0.33 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
- Hy3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 66K.
Side by side
| Hy3 | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 44.2 | 44.1 |
| Released | 2026-07-06 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 66K |
| Max output | 128K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0825 | $1.87 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.33 | $4.68 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Hy3 leads
Hy3: 46.8 (#63), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1508 | 1413 |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1464 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 32.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 946 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Hy3: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Hy3: 26.1 (#136), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1451 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 50% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| DTBench | — | 87.5% |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 148.54 |
Math Hy3 leads
Hy3: 40.1 (#93), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1475 | 1479 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Hy3: 40.8 (#114), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1465 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |
Multilingual Too close to call
Hy3: 53.5 (#65), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1493 | 1490 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1458 |
| LMArena German | 1439 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1392 | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | 1395 | 1404 |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1448 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Hy3: 75.1 (#70), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1426 |
Long Context Too close to call
Hy3: 44.1 (#75), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | 1434 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Hy3: 62.2 (#81), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1439 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1387 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1436 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1611 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Hy3 better than Inkling?
Hy3 and Inkling score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.2 vs 44.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Inkling?
Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.0825 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.
Is Hy3 or Inkling better for coding?
Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Hy3 does, with 262K tokens against 66K.
How many benchmarks do Hy3 and Inkling share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.