Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) vs Hy3
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) 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 Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium)
Hy3 vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium): 26.7% less intelligence, 165.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 219.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) | Hy3 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 34.5 | 25.3 | −26.7% Hy3 is 26.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $56.36 | $149.61 | +165.5% Hy3 is 2.7× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 10.41s | 33.29s | +219.8% Hy3 is 219.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.14 / $0.56 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Hy3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
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