Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Hy3

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 44.2 on the Noometry Index. Hy3 costs 78× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Hy3 Tencent

44.2

Rank #79 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Hy3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 leads 72.8 to 26.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 96.2% for GPT-5.5 and 41.2% for Hy3.
  • Hy3 is cheaper at $0.0825 / $0.33 per million input/output tokens, against $5 / $30 for GPT-5.5.
  • GPT-5.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Hy3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Hy3 specifications
GPT-5.5Hy3
ProviderOpenAITencent
Noometry Index63.444.2
Released2026-04-232026-07-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$5$0.0825
Output $ / M tokens$30$0.33
Results tracked7119

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), Hy3: 46.8 (#63)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Hy3
LMArena WebDev15131508
LMArena Coding14941464
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Hy3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Hy3
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#11), Hy3: 26.1 (#136)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Hy3
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%41.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14891447
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.1—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11), Hy3: 40.1 (#93)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), Hy3: 40.8 (#114)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Hy3
LMArena Expert15081460
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), Hy3: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Hy3
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), Hy3: 53.5 (#65)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Hy3
LMArena Non-English14671426
LMArena Chinese15331493
LMArena French14861461
LMArena German14801439
LMArena Japanese14981392
LMArena Korean14601395
LMArena Russian14731432
LMArena Spanish14681456

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), Hy3: 75.1 (#70)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Hy3
LMArena Instruction Following14791426

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Hy3: 44.1 (#75)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Hy3
LMArena Longer Query14841442
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), Hy3: 62.2 (#81)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Hy3
LMArena Text14721439
LMArena Creative Writing14551402
LMArena Multi-Turn14761436
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Hy3?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 44.2 on the Noometry Index. Hy3 costs 78× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.5 or Hy3?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.0825 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 lists at $5 and $30.

Is GPT-5.5 or Hy3 better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 46.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Hy3 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Hy3 has 19.

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