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Hy4 preview vs QvQ-72B-Preview

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.5 to 8.1.

Tencent · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hy4 preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.5 to 8.1, 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 — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose QvQ-72B-Preview

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Core performance indexes
51.5
#10
8.1
#266
51.2
#8
8.4
#260
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
Input price
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— / M
Output price
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Hy4 preview
QvQ-72B-Preview
40.3#12
9.8#243
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

32 reported for Hy4 preview · 4 for QvQ-72B-Preview

No common benchmarks found

Hy4 preview and QvQ-72B-Previewdon'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

696.6B diff

Hy4 preview has 696.6B more parameters than QvQ-72B-Preview, making it 949.0% larger.

Tencent
Hy4 preview
770.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QvQ-72B-Preview
73.4Bparameters
770.0B
Hy4 preview
73.4B
QvQ-72B-Preview

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

QvQ-72B-Preview supports multimodal inputs, whereas Hy4 preview does not.

QvQ-72B-Preview can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Hy4 preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

QvQ-72B-Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Hy4 preview is licensed under Apache 2.0, while QvQ-72B-Preview uses Qwen.

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

Hy4 preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

QvQ-72B-Preview

Qwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hy4 preview was released on 2026-08-28, while QvQ-72B-Preview was released on 2024-12-25.

Hy4 preview is 20 months newer than QvQ-72B-Preview.

Hy4 preview

Aug 28, 2026

4 days ago

1.7yr newer
QvQ-72B-Preview

Dec 25, 2024

1.7 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 QvQ-72B-Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Hy4 preview
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FAQ

Common questions about Hy4 preview vs QvQ-72B-Preview.

Which is better, Hy4 preview or QvQ-72B-Preview?

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.5 to 8.1. Hy4 preview is made by Tencent and QvQ-72B-Preview is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Hy4 preview compare to QvQ-72B-Preview 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%. QvQ-72B-Preview scores MathVista: 71.4%, MMMU: 70.3%, MathVision: 35.9%, OlympiadBench: 20.4%.

What are the main differences between Hy4 preview and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.5 vs 8.1), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Qwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Hy4 preview and QvQ-72B-Preview?

Hy4 preview is developed by Tencent and QvQ-72B-Preview is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.