Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Hy3 Preview
62
Qwen3.6-27B
74
Verified leaderboard positions: Hy3 Preview unranked · Qwen3.6-27B #14
Pick Qwen3.6-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Hy3 Preview only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Agentic
+4.9 difference
Coding
+10.6 difference
Knowledge
+15.5 difference
Hy3 Preview
Qwen3.6-27B
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256K
262K
Pick Qwen3.6-27B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Hy3 Preview only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Qwen3.6-27B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 74 to 62. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.6-27B's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 62.2 against 46.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 54.4% to 59.3%.
Qwen3.6-27B gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 256K for Hy3 Preview.
Qwen3.6-27B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 74 to 62. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 54.4% and 59.3%.
Qwen3.6-27B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 62.2 versus 46.7. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.6-27B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 70.6 versus 60. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Qwen3.6-27B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 59.3 versus 54.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
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