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Hy4 preview vs Pixtral-12B

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.5 to -1.4.

Tencent · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hy4 preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.5 to -1.4, ranking #10 overall.

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

Choose Hy4 preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.5 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Pixtral-12B

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.15/M input and $0.15/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Hy4 preview
Tencent
Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.5
#10
-1.4
#319
Reasoning
51.2
#8
-3.4
#320
Coding
40.9
#10
-2.5
#236
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Hy4 preview
Pixtral-12B
Math
40.3#12
1.3#284
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

32 reported for Hy4 preview · 12 for Pixtral-12B

No common benchmarks found

Hy4 preview and Pixtral-12Bdon'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

757.6B diff

Hy4 preview has 757.6B more parameters than Pixtral-12B, making it 6109.7% larger.

Tencent
Hy4 preview
770.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
12.4Bparameters
770.0B
Hy4 preview
12.4B
Pixtral-12B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Pixtral-12B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Pixtral-12B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Tencent
Hy4 preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Mon Aug 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Hy4 preview does not.

Pixtral-12B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Hy4 preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Pixtral-12B

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

Pixtral-12B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hy4 preview was released on 2026-08-28, while Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17.

Hy4 preview is 24 months newer than Pixtral-12B.

Hy4 preview

Aug 28, 2026

2 days ago

1.9yr newer
Pixtral-12B

Sep 17, 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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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Hy4 preview and Pixtral-12B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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Pixtral-12B
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FAQ

Common questions about Hy4 preview vs Pixtral-12B.

Which is better, Hy4 preview or Pixtral-12B?

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.5 to -1.4. Hy4 preview is made by Tencent and Pixtral-12B 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 Pixtral-12B 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%. Pixtral-12B scores DocVQA: 90.7%, ChartQA: 81.8%, VQAv2: 78.6%, MT-Bench: 76.8%, HumanEval: 72.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Hy4 preview and Pixtral-12B?

Hy4 preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Pixtral-12B supports 128K 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 Pixtral-12B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.5 vs -1.4), multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Hy4 preview and Pixtral-12B?

Hy4 preview is developed by Tencent and Pixtral-12B is developed by Mistral AI.

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