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Command A vs Hy3 preview

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 17 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

Command A
Cohere · profile
Hy3 preview
Tencent · profile
Results compared
17
Shared sources
3

Command A or Hy3 preview? The short answer

  • Hy3 preview is cheaper: $0.29 against $4.38 per million tokens, 15 times less.
  • Hy3 preview scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 22.7 against 7.0.
  • On our business benchmarks, Command A ranks higher for sticking to the facts.
  • On our business benchmarks, Hy3 preview ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and writing.

At a glance

Command AHy3 preview
Price per million tokens$2.50 in · $10.00 out$0.18 in · $0.60 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$4.38$0.29
Cheapest host, blended––
Intelligence Index7.022.7
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second61–
Context window256,000 tokens262,144 tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inCanadaChina

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.

Use caseCommand AHy3 preview
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 67 of 161 not measured
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 170 of 195 73 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 124 of 187 86 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 113 of 153 128 of 153

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricCommand AHy3 preview
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,3631,413
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,3511,411
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3361,354
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,3441,446
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,3421,397
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,3541,409
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,3481,378
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 7.0022.7
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 52.7%86.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 4.0%27.8%
Artificial AnalysisreportedIFBench% of instructions 36.5%63.1%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 21.3%64.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench Hard% of tasks 0.8%34.1%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ²-bench telecom% of tasks 15.2%92.7%
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 21.0%18.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.350.34
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 40.651.1

Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.

Quick answers

Is Command A better than Hy3 preview?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, Command A ranks higher for sticking to the facts; Hy3 preview ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and writing.

Which is cheaper, Command A or Hy3 preview?

Hy3 preview costs $0.29 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $4.38 for Command A.

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