GPT-6 Astra vs Hy4 preview
GPT-6 Astra leads Hy4 preview on coding, 85.1 to 44.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Hy4 preview costs 20.0x less per output token ($2.501 vs $50.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 22 benchmarks have a result for both.
GPT-6 Astra or Hy4 preview: which to pick
Pick GPT-6 Astra for coding: it scores 85.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 44.3 for Hy4 preview.
Pick Hy4 preview for output tokens 20.0x cheaper ($2.501 vs $50.00 per million) and work measured by CyberBench (Vals AI) or Finance Agent (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 22
- GPT-6 Astra only
- 99
- Hy4 preview only
- 2
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra scores 85.1 against 44.3.
5 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a AA Intelligence Index result, 52.7.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a AA Agentic Index result, 51.0.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a Design Arena: websites result, 1336.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 65.0% against 53.2%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra takes 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Hy4 preview
GPT-6 Astra $0.035, Hy4 preview $0.0021 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-6 Astra 85.1 from 5 benchmarks, Hy4 preview 44.3 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 24.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI): GPT-6 Astra 59.6% against Hy4 preview 8.1%, 68.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-6 Astra $50.00 against Hy4 preview $2.501 per million output tokens, 20.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-6 Astra takes 1.05M 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.
| Category | GPT-6 Astra | Bars | Hy4 preview | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 9 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 4 | 4 | ||
| Math | 1 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 17 | 5 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index91
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 93.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1774 | 1631 | GPT-6 Astra |
| AA Coding Index | 76.9 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 59.6% | 8.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 89.6% | 77.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 67.7% | 47.4% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 5.5% | 0.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 100.0% | 59.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 87.3% | 55.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 43.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 27.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 41.1% | 65.4% | Hy4 preview |
| SciCode | 56.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierCode | 53.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierSWE | 65.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GSO-Bench | 79.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| WeirdML | 93.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MirrorCode | 46.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2951.3 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1489 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1474 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1798 | 1653 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1775 | 1620 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1726 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SciCode | 12.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 52.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 168.8 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index44
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 51.0 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1373 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1357 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1312 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1348 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1219 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1365 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench research | 85.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench browser | 84.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 82.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 56.9% | 2.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 53.5% | 55.1% | Hy4 preview |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 20.7% | 32.6% | Hy4 preview |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 39.4% | 45.2% | Hy4 preview |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 7.1% | 8.8% | Hy4 preview |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 71.7% | 58.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 79.3% | 69.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 62.9% | 1.4% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Vals Science Index | 65.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | 90.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | 19.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | 23.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| APEX-Agents | 64.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 20.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| BALROG | 68.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SpireClimb | 25.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $15,515 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 92.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 53.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 96.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 54.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 95.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 95.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Chess puzzles | 74.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 84.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| EBR-bench | 76.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1463 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1489 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1464 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1297 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1337 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 93.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 97.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ProofBench | 99.0% | 75.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: math | 1465 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1484 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.8% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 48.5% | 43.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SimpleQA Verified | 75.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1451 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1425 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1462 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1439 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 75.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1336 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1393 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1478 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1335 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1500 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1379 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1431 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1353 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench design | 82.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 65.0% | 53.2% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LiveBench data analysis | 83.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 46.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 87.9% | 83.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| DTBench | 97.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMCA | 64.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Furniture assembly | 80.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text | 1441 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1455 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1420 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1280 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1447 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1432 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1489 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1459 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1405 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1428 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1432 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1422 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1438 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1422 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1447 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1460 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1437 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1427 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1280 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1361 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1292 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1286 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | 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-6 Astra | Tencent Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Tencent |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | September 4, 2026 | August 28, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $10.00 | $0.834 |
| Output $/Mtok | $50.00 | $2.501 |
| Coding index | 85.1 | 44.3 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-6 Astra better than Hy4 preview for coding?
Pick GPT-6 Astra for coding: it scores 85.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 44.3 for Hy4 preview. Pick Hy4 preview for output tokens 20.0x cheaper ($2.501 vs $50.00 per million) and work measured by CyberBench (Vals AI) or Finance Agent (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or Hy4 preview?
GPT-6 Astra costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 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-6 Astra or Hy4 preview?
GPT-6 Astra, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-6 Astra vs Hy4 preview comparison based on?
22 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-6 Astra's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Hy4 preview's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.