Model comparison
Hy4 preview vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.6 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Tencent
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Hy4 preview leads 54.5 to 36.3.
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is cheaper at $0.50 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $0.83 / $2.50 for Hy4 preview.
- Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Hy4 preview | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.6 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2026-08-28 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 64K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.83 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Hy4 preview leads
Hy4 preview: 51.4 (#36), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.9 (#101)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1633 | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1441 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Hy4 preview: 30.6 (#75), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 30.1 (#79)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 68.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1428 |
Math Hy4 preview leads
Hy4 preview: 54.5 (#37), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 36.3 (#118)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 75% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1440 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.3 (#102)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1416 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.3 (#88)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1461 |
| LMArena French | — | 1415 |
| LMArena German | — | 1416 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1398 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1403 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1436 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 71.0 (#154)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 81% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1388 |
Long Context Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#218)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1403 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.2 (#116)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1333 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1415 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Hy4 preview better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.6 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Hy4 preview or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Hy4 preview lists at $0.83 and $2.50.
Is Hy4 preview or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Hy4 preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.4 versus 41.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Hy4 preview and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy4 preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.