Tencent Hy3
Tencent Hy3 is a reasoning model from Tencent released on Jul 6, 2026. It reads text and writes text, with a 262K token context window and up to 128K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.58 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.035, 75% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
17 providers serve it, including SiliconFlow, Hugging Face and Novita AI. The lowest input price is $0.066 per million tokens at NanoGPT.
On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index it scores 25.3, which places it at number 26 among the 43 models I track with independent scores.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.14 / $0.58 per 1M
- Context
- 262K
- Max output
- 128K
- Released
- Jul 6, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Tencent Hy3 pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.14 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.58 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.035 / 1M tokens | 75% off input |
Tencent Hy3 providers
17 providers serve it, including SiliconFlow, Hugging Face and Novita AI. The lowest input price is $0.066 per million tokens at NanoGPT. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiliconFlow | $0.132 | $0.528 | $0.033 | 262K | 262K |
| Hugging Face | $0.14 | $0.58 | – | 262K | 128K |
| Novita AI | $0.14 | $0.58 | $0.035 | 262K | 262K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.14 | $0.58 | $0.035 | 262K | 262K |
| NanoGPT | $0.066 | $0.26 | $0.029 | 262K | 128K |
| Eden AI | $0.13 | $0.53 | $0.033 | 262K | 128K |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.132 | $0.528 | $0.033 | 262K | 128K |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.132 | $0.528 | $0.033 | 262K | 128K |
| LLM Gateway | $0.132 | $0.528 | $0.033 | 262K | 131K |
| Jalapeno Cloud | $0.14 | $0.58 | – | 203K | 128K |
| Requesty | $0.14 | $0.58 | $0.035 | 262K | 262K |
| AIHubMix | $0.1562 | $0.6248 | $0.0391 | 256K | 128K |
Showing 12 of 17 providers: the lab first, then the major clouds, then the cheapest resellers.
What Tencent Hy3 costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Independent benchmarks
Measured by third parties, not reported by Tencent. Each links to its source and shows the date I checked it.
A composite of 10 independent evaluations (agents 30%, coding 20%, scientific reasoning 20%, general 30%), run by Artificial Analysis on each model, version 4.3.2.
Artificial Analysis, checked Oct 10, 2026
Human preference: people compare two anonymous answers and pick the better one. Ratings from the Text Arena overall board, style control on.
Arena (formerly LMArena), checked Oct 10, 2026
Median output tokens per second measured by Artificial Analysis on the provider API, for the same model setting as its index score.
Artificial Analysis, checked Oct 10, 2026
Benchmarks Tencent reports (3)
- terminal-bench-2.1 (Terminal Bench 2.1)70.8%
- toolathlon-verified (Toolathlon-Verified)56.2%
- hle-no-tools (Humanity's Last Exam (text-only, no tools))34.4%
Labs pick their own settings and harnesses, so compare these only within one lab.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Tencent Hy3 through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Reasoning
reasoning - Temperature
temperature
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Tencent Hy3 questions
How much does the Tencent Hy3 API cost?
$0.14 per million input tokens and $0.58 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.035. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Tencent Hy3?
262,144 tokens of input, and it can write up to 128,000 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Tencent Hy3?
17 providers serve it, including SiliconFlow, Hugging Face and Novita AI. The lowest input price is $0.066 per million tokens at NanoGPT. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Tencent Hy3 support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Tencent Hy3 open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Tencent Hy3 released?
Jul 6, 2026.
How good is Tencent Hy3 compared with other models?
It scores 25.3 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and 1454 on the Arena text leaderboard. Benchmarks are a shortlist, not a verdict: test the top two or three candidates on your own tasks before you commit.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. Independent scores from my hand checked rankings, sources linked above. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Tencent Hy3?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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