Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Sol vs Hy3

GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.0 to 44.2 on the Noometry Index. Hy3 costs 35× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI

65.0

Rank #7 Confirmed

Hy3 Tencent

44.2

Rank #79 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Sol 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-5.6 Sol leads 74.8 to 26.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 93.8% for GPT-5.6 Sol and 41.2% for Hy3.
  • Hy3 is cheaper at $0.13 / $0.53 per million input/output tokens, against $4 / $20 for GPT-5.6 Sol.
  • GPT-5.6 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Hy3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Sol and Hy3 specifications
GPT-5.6 SolHy3
ProviderOpenAITencent
Noometry Index65.044.2
Released2026-07-092026-07-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$4$0.13
Output $ / M tokens$20$0.53
Results tracked6519

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 65.1 (#7), Hy3: 46.8 (#63)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
LMArena WebDev16181508
LMArena Coding14981464
DeepSWE72.7%—
FrontierCode47.5%—
CursorBench41.7%—
FrontierSWE32.2%—
SciCode57.1%—
GSO76.5%—
WeirdML89.4%—
MirrorCode20%—
ALE-Bench2,177—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Sol: 50.3 (#7), Hy3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
APEX-Agents51.4%—
OSWorld 2.027.3%—
τ²-bench Banking46.9%—
PostTrainBench36.2%—
BALROG60%—
GBAEval52.6%—
GDP.pdf30.7%—
LMArena Search1257—
Vending-Bench 29,619—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 74.8 (#8), Hy3: 26.1 (#136)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
NYT Connections (extended)93.8%41.2%
LMArena Hard Prompts14841447
ARC-AGI-292.5%—
SimpleBench71.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark67%—
ARC-AGI-197.5%—
CritPt32.3%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
EnigmaEval37.1%—
EBR-Bench44.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles58%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA59.2%—
Surface Evolver Bench93.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index161.66—

Math GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 85.6 (#9), Hy3: 40.1 (#93)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
LMArena Math14741475
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 482.9%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench83%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 64.3 (#18), Hy3: 40.8 (#114)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
LMArena Expert15161460
GPQA Diamond93.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Sol: 48.6 (#9), Hy3: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
LMArena Vision1281—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
Furniture Assembly56.7%—
LMArena Document1483—

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 55.3 (#32), Hy3: 53.5 (#65)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
LMArena Non-English14521426
LMArena Chinese15271493
LMArena French14771461
LMArena German14761439
LMArena Japanese14711392
LMArena Korean14421395
LMArena Russian14681432
LMArena Spanish14411456

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 77.7 (#16), Hy3: 75.1 (#70)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
LMArena Instruction Following14821426

Long Context GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 45.4 (#42), Hy3: 44.1 (#75)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
LMArena Longer Query14801442

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 73.3 (#12), Hy3: 62.2 (#81)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolHy3
LMArena Text14571439
LMArena Creative Writing14481402
LMArena Multi-Turn14601436
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1972—
EQ-Bench 41250—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Sol better than Hy3?

GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.0 to 44.2 on the Noometry Index. Hy3 costs 35× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Sol or Hy3?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.53 per million output tokens; GPT-5.6 Sol lists at $4 and $20.

Is GPT-5.6 Sol or Hy3 better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 65.1 versus 46.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.6 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Sol and Hy3 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Sol has 65 scored results on Noometry and Hy3 has 19.

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