Hy3 vs Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Hy3 by Tencent or Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Hy3
Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) vs Hy3: 55.7% less intelligence, 119.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 29.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Hy3 | Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.3 | 11.2 | −55.7% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 55.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $149.61 | $328.86 | +119.8% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 2.2× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 33.29s | 43.21s | +29.8% Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is 29.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.14 / $0.56 | $0.14 / $0.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image, Video |
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.
- Qwen3.5 9B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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