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Hy4 preview vs North Micro Vision Instruct

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.1 to -4.9.

Tencent · Cohere · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hy4 preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.1 to -4.9, ranking #14 overall.

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

Choose Hy4 preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.1 and ranks #14 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose North Micro Vision Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Cohere ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Core performance indexes
51.1
#14
-4.9
#342
50.7
#11
-7.3
#342
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
Input price
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Output price
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Hy4 preview
North Micro Vision Instruct
39.4#17
-12.3#317
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

32 reported for Hy4 preview · 19 for North Micro Vision Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Hy4 preview and North Micro Vision Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

767.6B diff

Hy4 preview has 767.6B more parameters than North Micro Vision Instruct, making it 31983.3% larger.

Tencent
Hy4 preview
770.0Bparameters
Cohere
North Micro Vision Instruct
2.4Bparameters
770.0B
Hy4 preview
2.4B
North Micro Vision Instruct

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

North Micro Vision Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Hy4 preview does not.

North Micro Vision Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Hy4 preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

North Micro Vision Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Hy4 preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

North Micro Vision Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hy4 preview was released on 2026-08-28, while North Micro Vision Instruct was released on 2026-08-12.

Hy4 preview is 1 month newer than North Micro Vision Instruct.

Hy4 preview

Aug 28, 2026

1 weeks ago

2w newer
North Micro Vision Instruct

Aug 12, 2026

3 weeks ago

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

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Hy4 preview and North Micro Vision Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Hy4 preview
✓ Preferred
North Micro Vision Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Hy4 preview vs North Micro Vision Instruct.

Which is better, Hy4 preview or North Micro Vision Instruct?

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.1 to -4.9. Hy4 preview is made by Tencent and North Micro Vision Instruct is made by Cohere. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Hy4 preview compare to North Micro Vision Instruct 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%. North Micro Vision Instruct scores DocVQA: 92.1%, ChartQA: 80.8%, OCRBench: 79.2%, AI2D: 77.5%, IFEval: 74.9%.

What are the main differences between Hy4 preview and North Micro Vision Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.1 vs -4.9), multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Hy4 preview and North Micro Vision Instruct?

Hy4 preview is developed by Tencent and North Micro Vision Instruct is developed by Cohere.