# Claude Sonnet 5 vs Hy3 Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 5 and Hy3 Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-5-vs-hy3-preview
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 5 and Hy3 Preview share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Hy3 Preview has the lower published output-token price.
- Claude Sonnet 5 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 5 | Hy3 Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Tencent |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 66.99 | 45.49 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 64.6 (Supported · #12/117)
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Hy3 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 14.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 36.91% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #19/142)
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: 30.5 (Estimated · #92/142)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Hy3 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 85.2% | 74.4% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 63.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | 28.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 61.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench CII v1 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 78.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 78.4 (#15/50)
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Hy3 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 88.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 64.5 (Supported · #26/168)
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: 40.7 (Estimated · #96/168)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Hy3 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | 31.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 87.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: 46.9 (#86/124)

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 5 and Hy3 Preview?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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