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Model comparison

Claude Opus 5 vs Hy3 Preview

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 15 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Anthropic
85.88/100
Margin
43.2pts
← winning
42.67/100
3 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Claude Opus 5 #1 (Estimated); Hy3 Preview #163 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Claude Opus 5 and Hy3 Preview share 15 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 64 results are unique to Claude Opus 5; 7 to Hy3 Preview.

Updated July 24, 2026
Shared results
15
Claude Opus 5 only
64
Hy3 Preview only
7
Comparable categories
3 / 8

Pick Claude Opus 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Hy3 Preview only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 15 shared benchmark results across 4 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Claude Opus 5 is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 85.88 to 42.67. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Claude Opus 5's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 90.8 against 54.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 64.7% to 25.5%.

Claude Opus 5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $5.00 input / $25.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Hy3 Preview. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Claude Opus 5 and Hy3 Preview
CategoryClaude Opus 5ΔHy3 Preview
AgenticClaude Opus 590.8Margin 36.4Hy3 Preview54.4
CodingClaude Opus 589.5Margin 31.7Hy3 Preview57.8
KnowledgeClaude Opus 564.7Margin 30.9Hy3 Preview33.8
ReasoningClaude Opus 590.4MarginNo overlapHy3 PreviewNot measured
MultimodalClaude Opus 566.9MarginNo overlapHy3 PreviewNot measured
Inst. FollowingClaude Opus 5Not measuredMarginNo overlapHy3 Preview63.1

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Claude Opus 5B · Hy3 Preview
  1. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 64.7%B 25.5%
    Winner: Claude Opus 5Δ 39.2
    HLE: Claude Opus 5 scored 64.7%; Hy3 Preview scored 25.5%. Claude Opus 5 wins this benchmark.
  2. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 96%B 74.4%
    Winner: Claude Opus 5Δ 21.6
    SWE-bench Verified: Claude Opus 5 scored 96%; Hy3 Preview scored 74.4%. Claude Opus 5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricClaude Opus 5Hy3 PreviewComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensClaude Opus 5$5 input / $25 outputHy3 Preview$0 input / $0 outputHy3 Preview has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondClaude Opus 5Not availableHy3 PreviewNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenClaude Opus 5Not availableHy3 PreviewNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensClaude Opus 5Not availableHy3 Preview256KA complete context comparison is not available.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticClaude Opus 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Hy3 PreviewResult
FrontierBench v0.1Source 43.3%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 90.8%Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 64.7%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 95.0%Not comparable
DRACOSource 88.6%Not comparable
BrowseComp (10-agent, prerelease)Source 93.6%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 70.6%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 85.8%Not comparable
MCP-Atlas claim coverageSource 89.1%Not comparable
LAB all-pass (Anthropic harness)Source 23.58%Not comparable
LAB criterion-pass (Anthropic harness)Source 93.74%Not comparable
LAB all-pass (Harvey held-out)Source 11.7%Not comparable
LAB criterion-pass (Harvey held-out)Source 94.1%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 18611215Claude Opus 5 leads
Toolathlon-VerifiedSource 80.6%Not comparable
Toolathlon Verified Pass@3Source 87.0%Not comparable
Toolathlon Verified Pass³Source 73.1%Not comparable
Toolathlon Verified avg. turnsSource 23.5 turnsNot comparable
AutomationBenchSource 26.0%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 55.3%30.7%Claude Opus 5 leads
GDPval-AASource 68.0%35.8%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA Tau3 BankingSource 30.3%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 1720Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 89.1%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 54.4%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 36.91%Not comparable
CodingClaude Opus 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Hy3 PreviewResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 96%74.4%Claude Opus 5 leads
SWE-bench ProSource 79.2%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 89.5%Not comparable
SWE MultimodalSource 59.4%Not comparable
deepSweSource 68.8%Not comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 MainSource 53.4%Not comparable
FrontierCode 1.1 ExtendedSource 63.6%Not comparable
ProgramBench (episode 1)Source 83.0%Not comparable
ProgramBenchSource 93.0%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 70.0%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 78.0%58.8%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 55.7%47.6%Claude Opus 5 leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 54.4%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 41.2%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Hy3 PreviewResult
ARC-AGI-1Source 97.50%Not comparable
ARC-AGI-2Source 90.4%Not comparable
ARC-AGI-3Source 30.2%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 70.0%66.7%Claude Opus 5 leads
CritPtSource 29.1%4.9%Claude Opus 5 leads
KnowledgeClaude Opus 5 wins
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Hy3 PreviewResult
HLESource 64.7%25.5%Claude Opus 5 leads
HLE w/o toolsSource 56.3%Not comparable
HealthBench (raw)Source 67.1%Not comparable
HealthBench (length-adjusted)Source 57.8%Not comparable
HealthBench ProfessionalSource 59.8%Not comparable
HealthBench Professional (raw)Source 73.4%Not comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-solvable)Source 90.1%Not comparable
BioMysteryBench (human-difficult)Source 49.4%Not comparable
SpatialBench VerifiedSource 72.5%Not comparable
SingleCellBenchSource 60.6%Not comparable
ProteinGym HardSource 47.7%Not comparable
Protein DesignSource 42.5%Not comparable
Organic chemistry V2Source 61.6%Not comparable
Protocols (troubleshooting)Source 61.1%Not comparable
Protocols (understanding)Source 78.4%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 60.7%41.2%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 93.2%89.7%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-HLESource 52.6%31.6%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 31.3%-18.5%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 54.2%31.5%Claude Opus 5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 50.1%73.0%Claude Opus 5 leads
GPQASource 87.2%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.2%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Hy3 PreviewResult
IMO 2026Source 42/42Not comparable
RiemannBench (no tools)Source 60.0%Not comparable
RiemannBench (tools)Source 79.0%Not comparable
ArXivMath Jun. 2026 (no tools)Source 90.8%Not comparable
ArXivMath Jun. 2026 (tools)Source 91.3%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Hy3 PreviewResult
GMMLUSource 92.5%Not comparable
MILUSource 92.1%Not comparable
INCLUDESource 89.8%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Hy3 PreviewResult
Chartography (no tools)Source 29.6%Not comparable
Chartography (tools)Source 83.0%Not comparable
BenchCAD Vision2Code (no tools)Source 0.366Not comparable
BenchCAD Vision2Code (tools)Source 0.821Not comparable
GDP.pdf (no tools)Source 83.4%Not comparable
GDP.pdf (tools)Source 85.5%Not comparable
OfficeQASource 78.1%Not comparable
OfficeQA ProSource 66.9%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 84.7%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Hy3 PreviewResult
IFBenchSource 63.1%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Claude Opus 5 or Hy3 Preview?

Claude Opus 5 is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 85.88 to 42.67. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 64.7% and 25.5%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Claude Opus 5 or Hy3 Preview?

Claude Opus 5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.7 versus 33.8. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Claude Opus 5 or Hy3 Preview?

Claude Opus 5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89.5 versus 57.8. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Claude Opus 5 or Hy3 Preview?

Claude Opus 5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 54.4. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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