# Hy3 vs Qwen3.5 27B

> Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/hy3-vs-qwen3-5-27b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Hy3 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3.5 27B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Hy3 leads 46.8 to 38.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 41.2% for Hy3 and 47.9% for Qwen3.5 27B.
- Hy3 is cheaper at $0.13 / $0.53 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 27B.

## Snapshot

| | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.2 | 41.9 |
| Rank | 79 | 127 |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.13 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $0.53 | $2.40 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Hy3: 46.8 (#63)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 38.9 (#168)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1508 | 1358 |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1427 |
| WeirdML | — | 39.5% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 349.45 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Hy3: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: —

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 201.98 |

## Reasoning

- Hy3: 26.1 (#136)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 27.5 (#117)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | 47.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1414 |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 45.5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.4% |
| LMCA | — | 34% |

## Math

- Hy3: 40.1 (#93)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 38.8 (#127)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1475 | 1429 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56.7% |

## Knowledge

- Hy3: 40.8 (#114)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 38.0 (#150)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1428 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.1% |

## Multimodal

- Hy3: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: 39.4 (#59)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1241 |

## Multilingual

- Hy3: 53.5 (#65)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 50.8 (#115)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | 1390 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1493 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1410 |
| LMArena German | 1439 | 1393 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1392 | 1345 |
| LMArena Korean | 1395 | 1358 |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | 1390 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1407 |

## Instruction Following

- Hy3: 75.1 (#70)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 73.5 (#119)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1393 |

## Long Context

- Hy3: 44.1 (#75)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#106)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Hy3: 62.2 (#81)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 59.3 (#111)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1439 | 1409 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1410 |

## FAQ

### Is Hy3 better than Qwen3.5 27B?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Qwen3.5 27B?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.53 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 27B lists at $0.30 and $2.40.

### Is Hy3 or Qwen3.5 27B better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Hy3 and Qwen3.5 27B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.