Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Hy4 preview

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Hy4 preview costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Hy4 preview Tencent

45.3

Rank #73 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol scores higher in 3 categories and Hy4 preview in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Sol leads 74.0 to 31.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 90.1% for GPT-6 Sol and 68.2% for Hy4 preview.
  • Hy4 preview is cheaper at $0.75 / $2.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for GPT-6 Sol.
  • GPT-6 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.
  • Hy4 preview has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 Sol and Hy4 preview specifications
GPT-6 SolHy4 preview
ProviderOpenAITencent
Noometry Index61.845.3
Released2026-09-222026-08-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output128K64K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.75
Output $ / M tokens$10$2.25
Results tracked453

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Hy4 preview: 51.6 (#38)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
LMArena WebDev16881632
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
SciCode57.6%—
LMArena Coding1447—
ALE-Bench2,462—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Hy4 preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
APEX-Agents54.3%—
GDP.pdf26.4%—
Vending-Bench 214,428—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Hy4 preview: 31.9 (#79)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%68.2%
ARC-AGI-289.6%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt30.9%—
EBR-Bench53.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1418—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA59.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.72—

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Hy4 preview: 55.7 (#42)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
ProofBench83%75%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 490%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
LMArena Math1402—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Hy4 preview: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
GPQA Diamond94.3%—
SimpleQA Verified60.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—
LMArena Expert1439—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Hy4 preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
LMArena Vision1245—
Blueprint-Bench 236.9%—
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Hy4 preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
LMArena Non-English1385—
LMArena Chinese1405—
LMArena French1410—
LMArena German1390—
LMArena Japanese1385—
LMArena Korean1341—
LMArena Russian1401—
LMArena Spanish1384—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Hy4 preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
LMArena Instruction Following1412—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Hy4 preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
LMArena Longer Query1411—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Hy4 preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolHy4 preview
LMArena Text1395—
LMArena Creative Writing1378—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—
LMArena Multi-Turn1412—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Hy4 preview?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Hy4 preview costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Sol or Hy4 preview?

Hy4 preview is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $2.25 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Sol lists at $2 and $10.

Is GPT-6 Sol or Hy4 preview better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 51.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-6 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Hy4 preview share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Hy4 preview has 3.

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