Hy3 vs Kimi K3 (Max)

Which is better for the money: Hy3 by Tencent or Kimi K3 (Max) by Kimi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

TencentHy3Off the frontier

Intelligence: 25.30
Total cost: $150

KimiKimi K3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 43.60
Total cost: $3658

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Kimi K3 (Max) scores 18.3 points higher (43.6 vs 25.3) but costs 24× as much to run the benchmark ($3658 vs $150; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Kimi K3 (Max) when you need intelligence above 25.3, and Hy3 when 25.3 is enough.

Metric	Hy3	Kimi K3 (Max)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	25.3	43.6	+72.3% Kimi K3 (Max) is 72.3% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$149.61	$3,658.07	+2345.1% Kimi K3 (Max) is 24× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	33.29s	63.08s	+89.5% Kimi K3 (Max) is 89.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.14 / $0.56	$3.00 / $15.0
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Kimi K3 (Max) vs Hy3: 72.3% more intelligence, 2345.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 89.5% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Hy3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
Kimi K3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.

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