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GPT-4.1 Mini vs Hy3

Hy3 costs 4.8x less per output token than GPT-4.1 Mini ($0.33 vs $1.60 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 37 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-4.1 Mini Replace Hy3
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
31.9
Output $/M
$1.60
0
Hy3Tencent
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.33
37
vs boards won of 37 shared

GPT-4.1 Mini or Hy3: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model AGPT-4.1 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.818 per solved taskModel BHy3TencentNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
37
GPT-4.1 Mini only
49
Hy3 only
7
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
GPT-4.1 Mini not benchmarked, Hy3 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Web design, 28.6 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Design Arena: 3D: GPT-4.1 Mini 837 against Hy3 1233, 49.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4.1 Mini $1.60 against Hy3 $0.33 per million output tokens, 4.8x apart.
Context window
GPT-4.1 Mini takes 1.05M tokens, Hy3 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGPT-4.1 MiniBarsHy3Ties
Coding02
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge04
Web design06
General018
All shared boards037
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniHy3Leader
Aider polyglot32.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified23.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1507Only Hy3 measured
AA Coding Index20.2Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)58.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)48.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SciCodeNot measured48.6%Only Hy3 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)7.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
WeirdML37.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
ALE-BenchNot measured838.6Only Hy3 measured
LMArena Text: coding13671466Hy3
LMArena Text: software and IT13601463Hy3
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1511Only Hy3 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1487Only Hy3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniHy3Leader
AA Intelligence Index10.2Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Epoch Capabilities Index134.9Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniHy3Leader
τ²-Bench Telecom52.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)50.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniHy3Leader
GPQA Diamond67.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)70.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)66.4%89.7%Hy3
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)5.0%33.5%Hy3
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)65.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
ARC-AGI3.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-20.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Chess puzzles1.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzles7.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13491447Hy3
LMArena Text: expert13381461Hy3
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13621455Hy3
LMArena Vision: diagrams1182Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: homework1214Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniHy3Leader
AIME49.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)88.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)87.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AA Math Index46.3Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)46.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
OTIS Mock AIME44.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 36.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH level 587.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math13431473Hy3
LMArena Text: mathematical work13471482Hy3
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniHy3Leader
MMLU Pro77.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)78.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)57.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)65.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MedQA (Vals AI)84.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)78.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SimpleQA Verified12.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: science13281457Hy3
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13241452Hy3
LMArena Text: legal and government13431422Hy3
LMArena Text: business and finance13221424Hy3
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Web design benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniHy3Leader
Design Arena: websites9971230Hy3
Design Arena: UI components9611207Hy3
Design Arena: game dev10711208Hy3
Design Arena: data viz10341163Hy3
Design Arena: 3D8371233Hy3
Design Arena: all code categories9941227Hy3
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1200Only Hy3 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1152Only Hy3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
General benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniHy3Leader
IFBench38.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)44.0%79.0%Hy3
DTBench68.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMCA21.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text13411438Hy3
LMArena Text: instruction following13331426Hy3
LMArena Text: creative writing12991403Hy3
LMArena Vision1181Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: English13561448Hy3
LMArena Text: non-English13181426Hy3
LMArena Text: Chinese13291485Hy3
LMArena Text: German13501449Hy3
LMArena Text: Japanese12901397Hy3
LMArena Text: Korean12981396Hy3
LMArena Text: French13581456Hy3
LMArena Text: Spanish13191457Hy3
LMArena Text: Russian13241432Hy3
LMArena Text: Polish13261447Hy3
LMArena Text: multi-turn13541436Hy3
LMArena Text: longer queries13441442Hy3
LMArena Text: writing and language13191414Hy3
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13001400Hy3
LMArena Vision: English1191Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1186Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1188Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: humor1182Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1174Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1187Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1182Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniHy3Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.0012Fits in one request
Hy3$0.0002Fits in one request

Hy3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.025Fits in one request
Hy3$0.0051Fits in one request

Hy3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.096Fits in one request
Hy3$0.020Fits in one request

Hy3 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of GPT-4.1 Mini and Hy3
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4.1 MiniTencent Hy3
MakerOpenAITencent
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedApril 14, 2025July 6, 2026
Context window1.05M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.40$0.0825
Output $/Mtok$1.60$0.33
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it01
Cost per solved task$1.818Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-4.1 Mini better than Hy3 for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 Mini or Hy3?

GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Hy3 costs $0.0825 and $0.33. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-4.1 Mini only.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4.1 Mini or Hy3?

GPT-4.1 Mini, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4.1 Mini vs Hy3 comparison based on?

37 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-4.1 Mini's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Hy3's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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