AI model comparison

Hy3 vs GPT-4o-mini

Side by side comparison of Hy3 and GPT-4o-mini on pricing, benchmark scores, context window, and more.

Hy3 is a 295B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model from Tencent (21B active, 192 experts with top-8 routing) built for reasoning, agentic workflows, and real-world production use.

Input / 1M: $0.13
Output / 1M: $0.53
Context: 262K

GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs.

Input / 1M: $0.15
Output / 1M: $0.60
Context: 128K

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At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

Hy3

1.1x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

Not available

Not enough benchmark data

Larger context window

Hy3

262K vs 128K tokens

Newer release

Hy3

Released July 6, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

Hy3Not available

GPT-4o-miniNot available

Coding index

Hy358.8

GPT-4o-mini11.4

Agentic index

Hy324.1

GPT-4o-miniNot available

Pricing

Hy3 vs GPT-4o-mini API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metric	Hy3	GPT-4o-mini
Input tokensPer 1M tokens	$0.13	$0.15
Output tokensPer 1M tokens	$0.53	$0.60
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens	$0.03	$0.08
Cache writePer 1M tokens	Not available	Not available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

Hy3$0.53

GPT-4o-mini$0.60

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

Hy3$6.07$3.10 cached

GPT-4o-mini$6.90$4.65 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

Hy3$20.86$6.01 cached

GPT-4o-mini$23.70$12.45 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metric	Hy3	GPT-4o-mini
Context window	262K tokens	128K tokens
Max output	128K tokens	16K tokens
Input types	Text	File, Image, Text
Output types	Text	Text
Reasoning effort levels	High, Low, None	Not available
Default reasoning effort	High	Not available
Release date	July 6, 2026	July 18, 2024

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metric	Hy3	GPT-4o-mini
Tool calling	Supported	Supported
Structured outputs	Supported	Supported
JSON mode	Supported	Supported
Reasoning	Supported	Not supported
Temperature	Supported	Supported
Stop sequences	Supported	Supported
Deterministic seed	Supported	Supported
Verbosity control	Not supported	Not supported

Our take

Hy3 is 1.1x cheaper for a typical chat. Hy3 has the larger context window (262K vs 128K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Hy3 or GPT-4o-mini cheaper?

Hy3 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Hy3 costs $0.13 per 1M input tokens and $0.53 per 1M output tokens, while GPT-4o-mini costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Hy3 or GPT-4o-mini?

Hy3 supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 128K for GPT-4o-mini.

Can I use Hy3 and GPT-4o-mini at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Hy3 and GPT-4o-mini answer side by side and keep the better response.

Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Hy3 and GPT-4o-mini at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.

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