GPT-4 vs Hy4 preview
Updated October 21, 2026. 0 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
GPT-4 scores 22.4 and Hy4 preview 61.6 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking.
Pick Hy4 preview when output tokens cost 24.0x less, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 8K tokens.
- Shared results
- 0
- GPT-4 only
- 45
- Hy4 preview only
- 24
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
No call
22.4 against 61.6, from different benchmarks with none in common.
Directional only
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GPT-4 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 6.7.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Hy4 preview has a Vals Index result, 53.2%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Hy4 preview
Hy4 preview takes 1.05M tokens against 8K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Hy4 preview
GPT-4 $0.060, Hy4 preview $0.0021 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-4 22.4 from 1 benchmark, Hy4 preview 61.6 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- No category has a result for both models.
- Widest single gap
- No benchmark has a result for both models.
- Output price
- GPT-4 $60.00 against Hy4 preview $2.501 per million output tokens, 24.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-4 takes 8K tokens, Hy4 preview 1.05M.
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.
CodingDirectional onlyFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index16 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 22.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| SWE-bench Lite | 39.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| SWE-bench (full test set) | 12.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1631 | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| AA Coding Index | 13.1 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.5% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.4% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.4% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1209 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1195 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1653 | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1620 | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 6.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.2% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.8% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.4% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 34.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 75.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1200 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1149 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1209 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | Not measured | 75.0% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| GSM8K | 92.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1230 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1228 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.8% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 56.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| MMLU | 86.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| AI2 Reasoning Challenge | 96.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1177 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1145 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1191 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1145 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index25 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| IFBench | 33.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| DTBench | 62.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMCA | 17.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| HellaSwag | 95.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| WinoGrande | 87.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1206 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1201 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1191 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1220 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1194 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1184 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1198 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1137 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1087 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1220 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1197 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1195 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1265 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1206 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1190 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1219 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1184 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Hy4 preview costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Hy4 preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Hy4 preview 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.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-4 | Tencent Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Tencent |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | May 28, 2023 | August 28, 2026 |
| Context window | 8K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $30.00 | $0.834 |
| Output $/Mtok | $60.00 | $2.501 |
| Coding index | 22.4 | 61.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-4 better than Hy4 preview for coding?
GPT-4 scores 22.4 and Hy4 preview 61.6 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking. Pick Hy4 preview when output tokens cost 24.0x less, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 8K tokens.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4 or Hy4 preview?
GPT-4 costs $30.00 per million input tokens and $60.00 per million output tokens; Hy4 preview costs $0.834 and $2.501. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4 or Hy4 preview?
Hy4 preview, with 1.05M tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-4 vs Hy4 preview comparison based on?
0 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-4's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Hy4 preview's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.