Hy3 vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Which is better for the money: Hy3 by Tencent or Qwen3 Coder Next by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-09-22.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Hy3
Qwen3 Coder Next vs Hy3: 63.6% less intelligence, 206.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 77.1% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Hy3 | Qwen3 Coder Next | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.3 | 9.2 | −63.6% Qwen3 Coder Next is 63.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $155.51 | $476.23 | +206.2% Qwen3 Coder Next is 3.1× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 30.37s | 6.95s | −77.1% Qwen3 Coder Next is 77.1% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.14 / $0.58 | $0.35 / $1.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Hy3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-5.6 Luna (high) scores 32.10 for $108.
- Qwen3 Coder Next is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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