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Hy4 preview vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.3 to -3.1.

Tencent · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hy4 preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.3 to -3.1, ranking #13 overall.

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

Choose Hy4 preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.3 and ranks #13 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

  • you are already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Hy4 preview
Tencent
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.3
#13
-3.1
#331
Reasoning
51.0
#10
-4.5
#328
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Context window
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Individual benchmarks

32 reported for Hy4 preview · 9 for Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

No common benchmarks found

Hy4 preview and Phi-3.5-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

765.8B diff

Hy4 preview has 765.8B more parameters than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct, making it 18233.3% larger.

Tencent
Hy4 preview
770.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
4.2Bparameters
770.0B
Hy4 preview
4.2B
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Hy4 preview does not.

Phi-3.5-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

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Hy4 preview is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct uses MIT.

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

Hy4 preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hy4 preview was released on 2026-08-28, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Hy4 preview is 25 months newer than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Hy4 preview

Aug 28, 2026

5 days ago

2.0yr newer
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

2.0 years 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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Hy4 preview
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FAQ

Common questions about Hy4 preview vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Which is better, Hy4 preview or Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.3 to -3.1. Hy4 preview is made by Tencent and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Hy4 preview compare to Phi-3.5-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%. Phi-3.5-vision-instruct scores ScienceQA: 91.3%, POPE: 86.1%, MMBench: 81.9%, ChartQA: 81.8%, AI2D: 78.1%.

What are the main differences between Hy4 preview and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.3 vs -3.1), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Hy4 preview and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Hy4 preview is developed by Tencent and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is developed by Microsoft.

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