Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Hy3 Preview
59
ZAYA1-8B
57
Pick Hy3 Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. ZAYA1-8B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Knowledge
+26.4 difference
Inst. Following
+10.9 difference
Hy3 Preview
ZAYA1-8B
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256K
131K
Pick Hy3 Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. ZAYA1-8B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Hy3 Preview has the cleaner provisional overall profile here, landing at 59 versus 57. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.
Hy3 Preview gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 131K for ZAYA1-8B.
Hy3 Preview is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 59 to 57. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 87.2% and 71%.
ZAYA1-8B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 46.7. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
ZAYA1-8B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 74 versus 63.1. Inside this category, IFBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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