Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Hy3
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 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 Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fall… scores 15.5 points higher (40.8 vs 25.3) but costs 4.2× as much to run the benchmark ($622 vs $150; premium vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fall… when you need intelligence above 25.3, and Hy3 when 25.3 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) | Hy3 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 40.8 | 25.3 | −38.0% Hy3 is 38.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $622.28 | $149.61 | −76.0% Hy3 is 76.0% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 6.26s | 33.29s | +431.8% Hy3 is 431.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $0.14 / $0.56 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Hy3 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback): 38.0% less intelligence, 76.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 431.8% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- Hy3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
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