Tencent Hy3

Tencent's open-weights agent model (April 2026), consistently top-3 on OpenRouter token-usage rankings. A 295B MoE with only 21B active parameters, it sustains agentic tool-use chains up to ~495 steps with configurable reasoning levels at rock-bottom prices. Served as 'hy3-preview' on OpenRouter, but it is GA (the name is a naming choice, not an access gate); also on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.

Tencent Hy3 strengths

• Top-3 OpenRouter usage
• ~495-step agentic tool chains
• Very low cost (21B active MoE)
• Configurable reasoning levels
• Open weights, self-hostable

Pricing & context

Cost guide: a typical call of about 10K input + 2K output tokens costs roughly $0.001 at list prices. Worth modelling against cheaper tiers before committing high-volume traffic.

When to choose Tencent Hy3

Tencent Hy3 is best for cost-efficient agent pipelines, coding agents and high-volume production workloads. If your workload is more cost-sensitive, weigh it against gpt-oss-120b (≈$0.03 input /1M) first.

Tencent Hy3 FAQ

How much does Tencent Hy3 cost?

Tencent Hy3 is priced at $0.063 per 1M input tokens and $0.21 per 1M output tokens (public API list price), with a 256K tokens context window. A typical call of about 10K input and 2K output tokens costs roughly $0.001.

What is Tencent Hy3 best for?

Tencent Hy3 by Tencent (Hunyuan) is best for cost-efficient agent pipelines, coding agents and high-volume production workloads.

How does Tencent Hy3 pricing compare to Qwen3.7 Max?

Tencent Hy3 input costs $0.063 per 1M tokens versus $1.25 for Qwen3.7 Max, roughly 19.8x less expensive on input. Output is $0.21 vs $3.75.

Is Tencent Hy3 multimodal?

Tencent Hy3 supports text.