Our pickClaude (Anthropic)
Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan)
Tier-list head-to-head. Claude (Anthropic) takes the A-tier slot — here's the breakdown.
Spec sheet
| Claude (Anthropic) | Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan) | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | A-tierwin | A-tier |
| Overall score | 8.5 / 10win | 8.1 / 10 |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Starting price | $0 | $0 |
| Best for | Writers, analysts, developers, and anyone who values quality of output over quantity of features. | Chinese-market builders, multilingual products that need strong CN performance, and cost-sensitive develope… |
| Last reviewed | 2026-11-05 | 2026-11-02 |
Head-to-head
Rated 1-10 on the same rubric across all 130 tools we cover.
Vibe check
How each tool actually sounds when you talk to it.
“The thoughtful consultant”
“Tencent's first serious open-weights LLM”
What you'll pay
Look past the headline number -- entry-tier limits drive most cost surprises.
Free tier available
Free tier available
Claude Opus 5.5 (launched 2026-09-22) -- Anthropic's own table, adaptive thinking at max effort unless noted; safeguard fallbacks to Opus 4.8 (cyber) and Opus 5 (bio) were active, which Anthropic says likely lowers these scores. Third-party verification pending; Sonnet 5.5 (2026-09-28) posts 70.6% Terminal-Bench 4.0 / 55.5% CursorBench / 1844 GDPval-AA on the same table benchmarks — Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan) has no published benchmarks
| Benchmark | Description | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (xhigh effort) | 66.4% | |
| FrontierCode v1.1 Main | 54.4% | |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 57.8% | |
| OSWorld 2.1 (partial) | 81.8% | |
| Humanity's Last Exam (with tools) | 67.7% | |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 58.7% | |
| Chartography (with tools) | 89% | |
| GDPval-AA v2.1 (Artificial Analysis) | 1846Elo |
The decision
Use-case anchors and category strengths, side by side.
Writers, analysts, developers, and anyone who values quality of output over quantity of features. If you care about how good the actual text is, Claude is the best.
Visit Claude (Anthropic)Chinese-market builders, multilingual products that need strong CN performance, and cost-sensitive developers who want a cheap open-weight MoE API (Hy3 at $0.132 per 1M input tokens) or a 1M-context open flagship (Hy4 preview). Also anyone watching the open-weights field who wants Tencent's distribution-backed entry on the bench.
Visit Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan)Bottom line
Claude (Anthropic) edges out Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan) by 0.4 points (8.5 vs 8.1) -- a A-tier vs A-tier split that's narrow but real. Not a blowout; both belong on a shortlist. The score gap shows up most clearly in the categories that matter for Claude (Anthropic)'s strengths, so if those categories are your priority, the lead translates.
Pricing-wise, both tools have a free tier (Claude (Anthropic) starts $0, Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan) starts $0), so you can test either without committing. Compare what each free tier actually unlocks -- usage caps, model access, and feature gates differ a lot more than the headline price suggests, especially as both vendors have tightened limits in 2026.
By use case: pick Claude (Anthropic) when writers, analysts, developers, and anyone who values quality of output over quantity of features. Pick Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan) when chinese-market builders, multilingual products that need strong cn performance, and cost-sensitive developers who want a cheap open-weight moe api (hy3 at $0. The two tools aren't fighting for the same person -- they're aiming at adjacent jobs that occasionally overlap. If you're squarely in Claude (Anthropic)'s lane, the tier-list ranking and the use-case fit point the same direction; if you're in Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan)'s lane, the score gap matters less than the fit.
Bottom line: Claude (Anthropic) is the safer default for most readers, but Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan) is competitive enough that the tie-breaker is your specific workload, not the spec sheet.
Keep digging
Full Claude (Anthropic) review
Tier A · 8.5/10
Full Tencent Hy3 / Hy4 preview (formerly Hunyuan) review
Tier A · 8.1/10
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