Model comparison
Hy4 preview vs Ministral 8B
Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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- The widest gap is in math, where Hy4 preview leads 55.7 to 25.7.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.83 / $2.50 for Hy4 preview.
- Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 45.3 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2026-08-28 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 64K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.83 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Hy4 preview leads
Hy4 preview: 51.6 (#38), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1632 | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1202 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning Hy4 preview leads
Hy4 preview: 31.9 (#79), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 68.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math Hy4 preview leads
Hy4 preview: 55.7 (#42), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1170 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1195 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1161 |
Long Context Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Hy4 preview better than Ministral 8B?
Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Hy4 preview or Ministral 8B?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Hy4 preview lists at $0.83 and $2.50.
Is Hy4 preview or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Hy4 preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Hy4 preview and Ministral 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy4 preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.