Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Hy4 preview

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Hy4 preview costs 3.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

Hy4 preview Tencent

45.3

Rank #73 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 1 category and Hy4 preview in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.1 leads 39.8 to 31.9.
  • Hy4 preview is cheaper at $0.75 / $2.25 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5.1.
  • Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.
  • Hy4 preview has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Hy4 preview specifications
GPT-5.1Hy4 preview
ProviderOpenAITencent
Noometry Index49.045.3
Released2025-11-132026-08-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K1.05M
Max output128K64K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$0.75
Output $ / M tokens$10$2.25
Results tracked633

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Category by category

Coding Hy4 preview leads

GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66), Hy4 preview: 51.6 (#38)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
LMArena WebDev13951632
SWE-bench Verified68%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
SciCode43.3%—
GSO13.7%—
WeirdML60.8%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
LMArena Coding1454—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60), Hy4 preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
LMArena Search1199—
Vending-Bench 21,473—

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58), Hy4 preview: 31.9 (#79)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)—68.2%
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
CritPt4.9%—
Chess Puzzles32%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1457—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench90.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.64—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math Hy4 preview leads

GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51), Hy4 preview: 55.7 (#42)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%—
ProofBench—75%
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
LMArena Math1447—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71), Hy4 preview: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
SimpleQA Verified48%—
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—
LMArena Expert1470—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19), Hy4 preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
LMArena Vision1250—
VPCT58.7%—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56), Hy4 preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1450—
LMArena German1438—
LMArena Japanese1453—
LMArena Korean1401—
LMArena Russian1435—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1), Hy4 preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—
LMArena Instruction Following1443—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Hy4 preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—
LMArena Longer Query1447—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55), Hy4 preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Hy4 preview
LMArena Text1443—
LMArena Creative Writing1427—
WildBench86.3%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1450—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Hy4 preview?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Hy4 preview costs 3.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1 or Hy4 preview?

Hy4 preview is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens; GPT-5.1 lists at $1.25 and $10.

Is GPT-5.1 or Hy4 preview better for coding?

Hy4 preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 46.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Hy4 preview share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Hy4 preview has 3.

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