Model comparison

Hy4 preview vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.6 to 39.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Hy4 preview Tencent

44.6

Rank #73 Reported

Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral AI

39.6

Rank #151 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Hy4 preview scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Hy4 preview leads 54.5 to 36.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 68.2% for Hy4 preview and 12.9% for Mistral Medium 3.5.
  • Hy4 preview is cheaper at $0.83 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
  • Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Hy4 preview and Mistral Medium 3.5 specifications
Hy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
ProviderTencentMistral AI
Noometry Index44.639.6
Released2026-08-28—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output64K210K
Input $ / M tokens$0.83$1.50
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$7.50
Results tracked322

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Category by category

Coding Hy4 preview leads

Hy4 preview: 51.4 (#36), Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkHy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
LMArena WebDev16331263
LMArena Coding—1461

Reasoning Hy4 preview leads

Hy4 preview: 30.6 (#75), Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkHy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
NYT Connections (extended)68.2%12.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—41.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1436
Epoch Capabilities Index—141.42

Math Hy4 preview leads

Hy4 preview: 54.5 (#37), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkHy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
ProofBench75%—
LMArena Math—1432

Knowledge Not comparable

Hy4 preview: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkHy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
LMArena Expert—1431

Multimodal Not comparable

Hy4 preview: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkHy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
LMArena Vision—1222

Multilingual Not comparable

Hy4 preview: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkHy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
LMArena Non-English—1405
LMArena Chinese—1443
LMArena French—1448
LMArena German—1453
LMArena Korean—1387
LMArena Russian—1396
LMArena Spanish—1406

Instruction Following Not comparable

Hy4 preview: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkHy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
LMArena Instruction Following—1414

Long Context Not comparable

Hy4 preview: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkHy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
LMArena Longer Query—1414

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Hy4 preview: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkHy4 previewMistral Medium 3.5
LMArena Text—1421
LMArena Creative Writing—1372
EQ-Bench 4—993
LMArena Multi-Turn—1423

Frequently asked questions

Is Hy4 preview better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.6 to 39.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Hy4 preview or Mistral Medium 3.5?

Hy4 preview is cheaper. It lists at $0.83 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

Is Hy4 preview or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

Hy4 preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.4 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Hy4 preview and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy4 preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.

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