# Hy3 vs Qwen3.5-Flash

> Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/hy3-vs-qwen3-5-flash
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Hy3 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3.5-Flash in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Hy3 leads 46.8 to 34.2.
- Qwen3.5-Flash is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.13 / $0.53 for Hy3.
- Qwen3.5-Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Hy3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.2 | 42.5 |
| Rank | 79 | 112 |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.13 | $0.10 |
| Output $/M | $0.53 | $0.40 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Hy3: 46.8 (#63)
- Qwen3.5-Flash: 34.2 (#242)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1508 | 1244 |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1412 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 221.8 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Hy3: —
- Qwen3.5-Flash: —

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 462.69 |

## Reasoning

- Hy3: 26.1 (#136)
- Qwen3.5-Flash: 33.7 (#72)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1403 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 82.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.98 |

## Math

- Hy3: 40.1 (#93)
- Qwen3.5-Flash: 37.4 (#158)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1475 | 1407 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 6.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |

## Knowledge

- Hy3: 40.8 (#114)
- Qwen3.5-Flash: 43.2 (#93)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | 1407 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 82.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.5% |

## Multilingual

- Hy3: 53.5 (#65)
- Qwen3.5-Flash: 50.5 (#121)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | 1385 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1493 | 1446 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1439 | 1390 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1392 | 1368 |
| LMArena Korean | 1395 | 1344 |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | 1379 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | 1400 |

## Instruction Following

- Hy3: 75.1 (#70)
- Qwen3.5-Flash: 72.6 (#139)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1374 |

## Long Context

- Hy3: 44.1 (#75)
- Qwen3.5-Flash: 42.4 (#124)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | 1392 |

## Writing & Preference

- Hy3: 62.2 (#81)
- Qwen3.5-Flash: 57.9 (#122)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1439 | 1397 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1343 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1393 |

## FAQ

### Is Hy3 better than Qwen3.5-Flash?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Qwen3.5-Flash?

Qwen3.5-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Hy3 lists at $0.13 and $0.53.

### Is Hy3 or Qwen3.5-Flash better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5-Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Hy3 and Qwen3.5-Flash share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-Flash has 32.