Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Hy3

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Hy3 Tencent

44.2

Rank #79 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 4 categories and Hy3 in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Hy3 leads 40.1 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 60.4% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 41.2% for Hy3.
  • Hy3 is cheaper at $0.13 / $0.53 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Hy3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Hy3 specifications
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
ProviderGoogleTencent
Noometry Index41.544.2
Released2026-07-212026-07-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.13
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$0.53
Results tracked3919

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Category by category

Coding Hy3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Hy3: 46.8 (#63)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
LMArena WebDev14401508
LMArena Coding14531464
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Hy3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Hy3: 26.1 (#136)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%41.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14411447
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13—

Math Hy3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Hy3: 40.1 (#93)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
LMArena Math14331475
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Hy3: 40.8 (#114)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
LMArena Expert14351460
GPQA Diamond83.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Hy3: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Hy3: 53.5 (#65)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
LMArena Non-English14271426
LMArena Chinese14691493
LMArena French14511461
LMArena German14541439
LMArena Japanese14271392
LMArena Korean14071395
LMArena Russian14431432
LMArena Spanish14421456

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Hy3: 75.1 (#70)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
LMArena Instruction Following14201426

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Hy3: 44.1 (#75)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
LMArena Longer Query14351442

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Hy3: 62.2 (#81)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteHy3
LMArena Text14351439
LMArena Creative Writing14201402
LMArena Multi-Turn14451436
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Hy3?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Hy3?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.53 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Hy3 better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Hy3 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Hy3 has 19.

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