# Hy3 vs Qwen2-72B

> Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/hy3-vs-qwen2-72b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Hy3 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2-72B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Hy3 leads 62.2 to 40.8.

## Snapshot

| | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.2 | 30.0 |
| Rank | 79 | 300 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.0825 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.33 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Hy3: 46.8 (#63)
- Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1196 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1508 | — |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Hy3: —
- Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |

## Reasoning

- Hy3: 26.1 (#136)
- Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1191 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.28 |

## Math

- Hy3: 40.1 (#93)
- Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1475 | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |

## Knowledge

- Hy3: 40.8 (#114)
- Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1171 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.8% |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |

## Multilingual

- Hy3: 53.5 (#65)
- Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1493 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1170 |
| LMArena German | 1439 | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1392 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1395 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1169 |

## Instruction Following

- Hy3: 75.1 (#70)
- Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1181 |

## Long Context

- Hy3: 44.1 (#75)
- Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | 1192 |

## Writing & Preference

- Hy3: 62.2 (#81)
- Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1439 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1196 |

## FAQ

### Is Hy3 better than Qwen2-72B?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Hy3 or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Hy3 and Qwen2-72B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.