Model comparison
Hy4 preview vs Qwen3-30B-A3B
Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-30B-A3B costs 5.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Tencent
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Hy4 preview leads 55.7 to 37.4.
- Qwen3-30B-A3B is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.83 / $2.50 for Hy4 preview.
- Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 41K.
Side by side
| Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 45.3 | 38.9 |
| Released | 2026-08-28 | 2025-04-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 41K |
| Max output | 64K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.83 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Hy4 preview leads
Hy4 preview: 51.6 (#38), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1632 | — |
| SciCode | — | 33.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 29.8% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1416 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 29.8 (#82)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41.4% |
Reasoning Hy4 preview leads
Hy4 preview: 31.9 (#79), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 22.2 (#204)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 68.2% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1398 |
| DTBench | — | 69.3% |
| LMCA | — | 22.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.63 |
Math Hy4 preview leads
Hy4 preview: 55.7 (#42), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.4 (#157)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 47.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70.3% |
| ProofBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1394 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 41.8 (#105)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 70.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 12.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1396 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 49.5 (#132)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1372 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1433 |
| LMArena French | — | 1418 |
| LMArena German | — | 1380 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1337 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1370 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1404 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 72.0 (#142)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1363 |
Long Context Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 31.0 (#283)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 40.6% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1379 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Hy4 preview: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 55.6 (#143)
| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1317 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 75.3% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1378 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Hy4 preview better than Qwen3-30B-A3B?
Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-30B-A3B costs 5.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Hy4 preview or Qwen3-30B-A3B?
Qwen3-30B-A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Hy4 preview lists at $0.83 and $2.50.
Is Hy4 preview or Qwen3-30B-A3B better for coding?
Hy4 preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 37.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 41K.
How many benchmarks do Hy4 preview and Qwen3-30B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy4 preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-30B-A3B has 32.