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Hy4 preview vs Mistral Large 4

Hy4 preview and Mistral Large 4 are closely matched at 49.9 and 46.2 on the LLM Stats Score.

Tencent · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hy4 preview and Mistral Large 4 are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 49.9 and 46.2.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Mistral Large 4 wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Hy4 preview

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Mistral Large 4

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Hy4 preview
Tencent
Mistral Large 4
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
49.9
#20
46.2
#34
Reasoning
49.9
#14
44.4
#38
Coding
37.8
#21
35.4
#27
Agents
34.9
#22
34.0
#26
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 2
2 of 2
Input price
— / M
$0.68 / M
Output price
— / M
$2.09 / M
Context window
—
1,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Hy4 preview
Mistral Large 4
Tool use
28.0#22
29.1#17
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

32 reported for Hy4 preview · 18 for Mistral Large 4

2 shared

Hy4 preview outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Large 4 is better at 2 benchmarks (AutomationBench, CyberGym).

Mistral Large 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sat Oct 17 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

280.0B diff

Mistral Large 4 has 280.0B more parameters than Hy4 preview, making it 36.4% larger.

Tencent
Hy4 preview
770.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 4
1.1Tparameters
770.0B
Hy4 preview
1050.0B
Mistral Large 4

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Large 4 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens).

Tencent
Hy4 preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 4
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output- tokens
Sat Oct 17 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Mistral Large 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Hy4 preview does not.

Mistral Large 4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Hy4 preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Large 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Hy4 preview is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Mistral Large 4 uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Hy4 preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Mistral Large 4

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hy4 preview was released on 2026-08-28, while Mistral Large 4 was released on 2026-10-06.

Mistral Large 4 is 1 month newer than Hy4 preview.

Hy4 preview

Aug 28, 2026

1 months ago

Mistral Large 4

Oct 6, 2026

5 days ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Hy4 preview and Mistral Large 4 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Hy4 preview
✓ Preferred
Mistral Large 4
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FAQ

Common questions about Hy4 preview vs Mistral Large 4.

Which is better, Hy4 preview or Mistral Large 4?

Hy4 preview and Mistral Large 4 are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 49.9 and 46.2. Hy4 preview is made by Tencent and Mistral Large 4 is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Hy4 preview compare to Mistral Large 4 in benchmarks?

Hy4 preview scores GPQA: 92.3%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 85.4%, WideSearch: 83.9%, MCP Atlas: 83.7%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 82.9%. Mistral Large 4 scores B3 AI Security Benchmark: 93.3%, CyBench: 93.0%, SciCode: 91.8%, KORABench: 84.5%, CyberGym: 82.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Hy4 preview and Mistral Large 4?

Hy4 preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Large 4 supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Hy4 preview and Mistral Large 4?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (49.9 vs 46.2), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Hy4 preview and Mistral Large 4?

Hy4 preview is developed by Tencent and Mistral Large 4 is developed by Mistral AI.

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