Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Hy3
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Hy3 by Tencent? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallba… scores 25.9 points higher (51.2 vs 25.3) but costs 11× as much to run the benchmark ($1627 vs $150; premium vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallba… when you need intelligence above 25.3, and Hy3 when 25.3 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) | Hy3 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 51.2 | 25.3 | −50.6% Hy3 is 50.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,626.81 | $149.61 | −90.8% Hy3 is 90.8% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 20.28s | 33.29s | +64.2% Hy3 is 64.2% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $4.00 / $20.0 | $0.14 / $0.56 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Hy3 vs Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback): 50.6% less intelligence, 90.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 64.2% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) 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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