Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs Hy3
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs 1.8x less per output token than Hy3 ($0.30 vs $0.528 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 32 benchmarks have a result for both.
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or Hy3: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 for output tokens 1.8x cheaper ($0.30 vs $0.528 per million) and work measured by SciCode or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 32
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 only
- 13
- Hy3 only
- 12
- 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
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 7.5.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Hy3 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1230.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 262K tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 $0.0002, Hy3 $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 not benchmarked, Hy3 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 13.8 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run): Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 10.3% against Hy3 33.5%, 23.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 $0.30 against Hy3 $0.528 per million output tokens, 1.8x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 262K tokens.
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 | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Bars | Hy3 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 3 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 5 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 18 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 32 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1507 | Only Hy3 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 70.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| SciCode | 33.0% | 48.6% | Hy3 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 838.6 | Only Hy3 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1416 | 1466 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1417 | 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 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 7.5 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 28.1% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 41.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 70.7% | 89.7% | Hy3 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 10.3% | 33.5% | Hy3 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 55.6% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1398 | 1447 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1397 | 1461 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1406 | 1455 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 66.3 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 66.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 62.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1394 | 1473 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1411 | 1482 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1393 | 1457 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1392 | 1452 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1387 | 1422 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1389 | 1424 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1230 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1204 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1208 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1164 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1232 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1227 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1200 | Only Hy3 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1152 | 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 | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Hy3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 50.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 61.3% | 79.0% | Hy3 |
| DTBench | 67.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMCA | 22.4% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1384 | 1438 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1363 | 1426 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1317 | 1403 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1391 | 1448 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1372 | 1426 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1432 | 1485 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1379 | 1449 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1337 | 1397 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1330 | 1396 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1419 | 1456 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1404 | 1457 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1369 | 1432 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1353 | 1447 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1378 | 1436 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1378 | 1442 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1336 | 1414 | Hy3 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1334 | 1400 | Hy3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | 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
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 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 | Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Tencent Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Tencent |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | July 29, 2025 | July 6, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.09 | $0.132 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.528 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 better than Hy3 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 for output tokens 1.8x cheaper ($0.30 vs $0.528 per million) and work measured by SciCode or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or Hy3?
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Hy3 costs $0.132 and $0.528. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or Hy3?
Neither: both take 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs Hy3 comparison based on?
32 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507'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.