# Hy3 vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct

> Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/hy3-vs-qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Hy3 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Hy3 leads 44.1 to 37.0.
- Hy3 is cheaper at $0.13 / $0.53 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2 for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
- Hy3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.6 | 42.5 |
| Rank | 79 | 100 |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.13 | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | $0.53 | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Hy3: 46.6 (#60)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.9 (#101)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1465 | 1441 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1509 | — |

## Reasoning

- Hy3: 25.0 (#134)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 30.1 (#79)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1449 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | — |

## Math

- Hy3: 37.4 (#98)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 36.3 (#118)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1475 | 1440 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |

## Knowledge

- Hy3: 40.2 (#108)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.3 (#102)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1461 | 1416 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |

## Multilingual

- Hy3: 53.7 (#60)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.3 (#88)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1496 | 1461 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1415 |
| LMArena Korean | 1390 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 1435 | 1403 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | 1436 |
| LMArena German | — | 1416 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1398 |

## Instruction Following

- Hy3: 75.3 (#68)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 71.0 (#154)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1425 | 1388 |
| IFEval | — | 81% |

## Long Context

- Hy3: 44.1 (#70)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#218)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1443 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |

## Writing & Preference

- Hy3: 62.5 (#75)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.2 (#116)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1442 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1399 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1415 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |

## FAQ

### Is Hy3 better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 42.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.53 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct lists at $0.50 and $2.

### Is Hy3 or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.6 versus 41.9 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-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.