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Hy3 preview vs GLM 4.5

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 16 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

Hy3 preview
Tencent · profile
GLM 4.5
Z.ai · profile
Results compared
16
Shared sources
3

Hy3 preview or GLM 4.5? The short answer

  • Hy3 preview is cheaper: $0.29 against $1.00 per million tokens, 3.5 times less.
  • Hy3 preview scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 22.7 against 12.8.
  • On our business benchmarks, Hy3 preview ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge.
  • On our business benchmarks, GLM 4.5 ranks higher for writing.

At a glance

Hy3 previewGLM 4.5
Price per million tokens$0.18 in · $0.60 out$0.60 in · $2.20 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.29$1.00
Cheapest host, blended––
Intelligence Index22.712.8
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second––
Context window262,144 tokens131,072 tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inChinaChina

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 caseHy3 previewGLM 4.5
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 73 of 195 116 of 195
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 86 of 187 77 of 187
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 128 of 153 not measured

Every shared result

BenchmarkMetricHy3 previewGLM 4.5
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedBusiness, management and financeArena rating 1,4111,412
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedCreative writingArena rating 1,3541,372
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedExpert promptsArena rating 1,4461,444
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedInstruction followingArena rating 1,3971,405
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedOverallArena rating 1,4091,411
Arena (formerly LMArena)reportedWriting, literature and languageArena rating 1,3781,382
Artificial AnalysisreportedArtificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score 22.712.8
Artificial AnalysisreportedGPQA Diamond% of questions 86.7%78.2%
Artificial AnalysisreportedHumanity's Last Exam% of questions 27.8%13.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedIFBench% of instructions 63.1%44.1%
Artificial AnalysisreportedLong-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions 64.7%52.7%
Artificial AnalysisreportedTerminal-Bench Hard% of tasks 34.1%22.0%
Artificial AnalysisreportedΤ²-bench telecom% of tasks 92.7%43.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedRequested-length error% off the requested word count 18.0%13.0%
UGI LeaderboardreportedStyle adherencescore from 0 to 1 0.340.36
UGI LeaderboardreportedWriting scorescore out of 100 51.157.3

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 Hy3 preview better than GLM 4.5?

It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, Hy3 preview ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge; GLM 4.5 ranks higher for writing.

Which is cheaper, Hy3 preview or GLM 4.5?

Hy3 preview costs $0.29 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $1.00 for GLM 4.5.

Run Hy3 preview and GLM 4.5 on your own prompt

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