Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs Hy3
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) by Anthropic or Hy3 by Tencent? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Hy3
Hy3 vs Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning): 22.2% more intelligence, 90.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 59.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) | Hy3 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 20.7 | 25.3 | +22.2% Hy3 is 22.2% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,501.22 | $149.61 | −90.0% Hy3 is 90.0% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 20.84s | 33.29s | +59.7% Hy3 is 59.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $0.14 / $0.56 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Hy3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
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