Model comparison
Hy3 vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 43.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Tencent
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Hy3 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Hy3 leads 44.1 to 37.0.
- Hy3 is cheaper at $0.13 / $0.53 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2 for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
- Hy3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.2 | 43.0 |
| Released | 2026-07-06 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 128K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.13 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.53 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Hy3 leads
Hy3: 46.8 (#63), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1440 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1508 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Hy3: 26.1 (#136), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | — |
Math Hy3 leads
Hy3: 40.1 (#93), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1475 | 1440 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Hy3: 40.8 (#114), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1417 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
Multilingual Hy3 leads
Hy3: 53.5 (#65), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1493 | 1460 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1413 |
| LMArena German | 1439 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1392 | 1395 |
| LMArena Korean | 1395 | 1364 |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1435 |
Instruction Following Hy3 leads
Hy3: 75.1 (#70), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1389 |
| IFEval | — | 81% |
Long Context Hy3 leads
Hy3: 44.1 (#75), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Hy3 leads
Hy3: 62.2 (#81), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)
| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1439 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1334 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1416 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Hy3 better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 43.0 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.53 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct lists at $0.50 and $2.
Is Hy3 or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Hy3 does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Hy3 and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.