Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Hy3

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 44.2 on the Noometry Index. Hy3 costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Hy3 Tencent

44.2

Rank #79 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Hy3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 26.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 92.6% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 41.2% for Hy3.
  • Hy3 is cheaper at $0.13 / $0.53 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Hy3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashHy3
ProviderGoogleTencent
Noometry Index54.244.2
Released2026-05-192026-07-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$0.13
Output $ / M tokens$9$0.53
Results tracked5419

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Hy3: 46.8 (#63)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
LMArena WebDev14991508
LMArena Coding14921464
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Hy3: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Hy3: 26.1 (#136)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%41.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14881447
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Hy3: 40.1 (#93)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
LMArena Math15041475
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Hy3: 40.8 (#114)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
LMArena Expert14951460
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Hy3: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Hy3: 53.5 (#65)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
LMArena Non-English14761426
LMArena Chinese15261493
LMArena French14901461
LMArena German14921439
LMArena Japanese14861392
LMArena Korean14511395
LMArena Russian14931432
LMArena Spanish14801456

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Hy3: 75.1 (#70)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
LMArena Instruction Following14671426

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Hy3: 44.1 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
LMArena Longer Query14821442

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Hy3: 62.2 (#81)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashHy3
LMArena Text14821439
LMArena Creative Writing14701402
LMArena Multi-Turn14811436
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Hy3?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 44.2 on the Noometry Index. Hy3 costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash 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 lists at $1.50 and $9.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Hy3 better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 46.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Hy3 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Hy3 has 19.

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