gpt-oss-120b vs Hy3
Updated October 21, 2026. 39 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick Hy3 for coding: it scores 43.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 34.5 for gpt-oss-120b, though on 1 benchmark against 2.
gpt-oss-120b is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.
- Shared results
- 39
- gpt-oss-120b only
- 39
- Hy3 only
- 5
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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
Hy3
Hy3 scores 43.9 against 34.5.
2 and 1 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has a AA Intelligence Index result, 11.6.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has a AA Agentic Index result, 3.7.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has a GPQA Diamond result, 78.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has a AIME result, 92.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has a MMLU Pro result, 79.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Hy3
Hy3 leads, 1230 against 968.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Hy3
Hy3 takes 262K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Hy3
gpt-oss-120b $0.0004, Hy3 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only gpt-oss-120b has the number, $0.51.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- gpt-oss-120b 34.5 from 2 benchmarks, Hy3 43.9 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Web design, 31.8 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: 3D: gpt-oss-120b 901 against Hy3 1233, 41.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- gpt-oss-120b $0.60 against Hy3 $0.528 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
- Context window
- gpt-oss-120b takes 131K 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.
| Category | gpt-oss-120b | Bars | Hy3 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 5 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 0 | 18 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 39 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-120b | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 41.8% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 26.0% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1507 | Only Hy3 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 30.4 | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 83.2% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 33.6% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.8% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| SciCode | 34.0% | 48.6% | Hy3 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 23.5% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 18.7% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| ALE-Bench | 575.6 | 838.6 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1379 | 1466 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1387 | 1463 | Hy3 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1511 | Only Hy3 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1487 | Only Hy3 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-oss-120b | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 11.6 | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 139.8 | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-120b | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 3.7 | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 65.8% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| APEX-Agents | 4.4% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| METR time horizons | 56.6% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | -$22 | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-120b | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 78.5% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 78.2% | 89.7% | Hy3 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 19.6% | 33.5% | Hy3 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 75.8% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| SimpleBench | 22.1% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 2.0% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1364 | 1447 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1356 | 1461 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1368 | 1455 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-120b | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 92.6% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 94.8% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 92.0% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| AA Math Index | 93.4 | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 93.4% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 88.9% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1389 | 1473 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1386 | 1482 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-120b | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.2% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 75.9% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 48.8% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 58.2% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.6% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 91.4% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.8% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1382 | 1457 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1388 | 1452 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1355 | 1422 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1359 | 1424 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-120b | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 968 | 1230 | Hy3 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 927 | 1205 | Hy3 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 992 | 1208 | Hy3 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 987 | 1163 | Hy3 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 901 | 1233 | Hy3 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 963 | 1227 | Hy3 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1199 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1157 | Only 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
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-120b | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 69.0% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.0% | 79.0% | Hy3 |
| DTBench | 76.3% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMCA | 22.1% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 44.4% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 77.1% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 25.0% | Not measured | Only gpt-oss-120b measured |
| LMArena Text | 1366 | 1438 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1318 | 1426 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1274 | 1403 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1375 | 1448 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1351 | 1426 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1385 | 1485 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1353 | 1449 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1331 | 1397 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1282 | 1396 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1370 | 1456 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1389 | 1457 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1343 | 1432 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1353 | 1447 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1340 | 1436 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1319 | 1442 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1306 | 1414 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1292 | 1400 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | gpt-oss-120b | Hy3 | 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
Hy3 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Hy3 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
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.
| Specification | OpenAI gpt-oss-120b | Tencent Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Tencent |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | August 5, 2025 | July 6, 2026 |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $0.132 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $0.528 |
| Coding index | 34.5 | 43.9 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.51 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is gpt-oss-120b better than Hy3 for coding?
Pick Hy3 for coding: it scores 43.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 34.5 for gpt-oss-120b, though on 1 benchmark against 2. gpt-oss-120b is neither cheaper nor larger in context, and leads no benchmark both models were measured on.
Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-120b or Hy3?
gpt-oss-120b costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Hy3 costs $0.132 and $0.528. Cost per solved task is known for gpt-oss-120b only.
Which has the bigger context window, gpt-oss-120b or Hy3?
Hy3, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the gpt-oss-120b vs Hy3 comparison based on?
39 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. gpt-oss-120b's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Hy3's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.