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Hy4 preview vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.5 to 39.7.

Tencent · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hy4 preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.5 to 39.7, ranking #10 overall.

In the 8 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Hy4 preview wins 8; 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

  • 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 value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 8 of 8 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Qwen3.6 Plus

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.50/M input and $3.00/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Hy4 preview
Tencent
Qwen3.6 Plus
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.5
#10
39.7
#50
Reasoning
51.2
#8
40.7
#44
Coding
40.9
#10
28.1
#50
Agents
37.1
#11
20.6
#50
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
8 of 8
0 of 8
Input price
— / M
$0.50 / M
Output price
— / M
$3.00 / M
Context window
—
1,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Hy4 preview
Qwen3.6 Plus
Math
40.3#12
39.0#21
Tool use
32.6#7
21.0#49
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

32 reported for Hy4 preview · 65 for Qwen3.6 Plus

8 shared

Hy4 preview outperforms in 8 benchmarks (GPQA, MCP Atlas, NL2Repo, SkillsBench, SWE-bench Multilingual, SWE-Bench Pro, Toolathlon, WideSearch), while Qwen3.6 Plus is better at 0 benchmarks.

Hy4 preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Sep 01 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3.6 Plus specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Qwen3.6 Plus specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Tencent
Hy4 preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.6 Plus
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Tue Sep 01 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Qwen3.6 Plus supports multimodal inputs, whereas Hy4 preview does not.

Qwen3.6 Plus can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Hy4 preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.6 Plus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Hy4 preview is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen3.6 Plus 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

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hy4 preview was released on 2026-08-28, while Qwen3.6 Plus was released on 2026-03-31.

Hy4 preview is 5 months newer than Qwen3.6 Plus.

Hy4 preview

Aug 28, 2026

3 days ago

5mo newer
Qwen3.6 Plus

Mar 31, 2026

5 months 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 Qwen3.6 Plus side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Hy4 preview
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FAQ

Common questions about Hy4 preview vs Qwen3.6 Plus.

Which is better, Hy4 preview or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Hy4 preview leads the LLM Stats Score 51.5 to 39.7. Hy4 preview is made by Tencent and Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Qwen3.6 Plus 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%. Qwen3.6 Plus scores CountBench: 97.6%, V*: 96.9%, HMMT 2025: 96.7%, AIME 2026: 95.3%, HMMT25: 94.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Hy4 preview and Qwen3.6 Plus?

Hy4 preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Qwen3.6 Plus?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.5 vs 39.7), 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 Qwen3.6 Plus?

Hy4 preview is developed by Tencent and Qwen3.6 Plus is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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