# Hy3 vs Qwen3 8B

> Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/hy3-vs-qwen3-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Hy3 leads 46.8 to 34.0.
- Hy3 is cheaper at $0.13 / $0.53 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $0.70 for Qwen3 8B.
- Hy3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 44.2 | 33.7 |
| Rank | 79 | 238 |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.13 | $0.18 |
| Output $/M | $0.53 | $0.70 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Hy3: 46.8 (#63)
- Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1508 | — |
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Hy3: —
- Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |

## Reasoning

- Hy3: 26.1 (#136)
- Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |

## Math

- Hy3: 40.1 (#93)
- Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1475 | — |

## Knowledge

- Hy3: 40.8 (#114)
- Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | — |

## Multilingual

- Hy3: 53.5 (#65)
- Qwen3 8B: —

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1493 | — |
| LMArena French | 1461 | — |
| LMArena German | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1392 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1395 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Hy3: 75.1 (#70)
- Qwen3 8B: —

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | — |

## Long Context

- Hy3: 44.1 (#75)
- Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Hy3: 62.2 (#81)
- Qwen3 8B: —

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Hy3 better than Qwen3 8B?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Qwen3 8B?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.53 per million output tokens; Qwen3 8B lists at $0.18 and $0.70.

### Is Hy3 or Qwen3 8B better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Hy3 does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Hy3 and Qwen3 8B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.