# Hy3 Preview vs MAI-Thinking-1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Hy3 Preview and MAI-Thinking-1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/hy3-preview-vs-mai-thinking-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Hy3 Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MAI-Thinking-1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Hy3 Preview leads overall 57.08 to 52.27.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 54.8 for Hy3 Preview and 94.7 for MAI-Thinking-1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 54.4% and 46%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Hy3 Preview | MAI-Thinking-1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Tencent | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 57.08 | 52.27 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: 49.9 (Estimated · #66/151)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.7 (Estimated · #53/151)

| Benchmark | Hy3 Preview | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54.4% | 46% | Hy3 Preview |
| Gert Labs | 36.91% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: 45.9 (Estimated · #103/183)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/183)

| Benchmark | Hy3 Preview | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.4% | 73.5% | Hy3 Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 54.4% | 46.0% | Hy3 Preview |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy3 Preview | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Graphwalks BFS 128K | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #86/181)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #68/181)

| Benchmark | Hy3 Preview | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.2% | 84.2% | Hy3 Preview |
| GPQA-D | 87.2% | 84.2% | Hy3 Preview |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 31% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: 54.8 (#74/120)
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 94.7 (#1/120)

| Benchmark | Hy3 Preview | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 85% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Hy3 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- MAI-Thinking-1 public-lane score: 73.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Hy3 Preview | MAI-Thinking-1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 97% | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Hy3 Preview or MAI-Thinking-1?

Hy3 Preview is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Hy3 Preview and MAI-Thinking-1?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 54.8 for Hy3 Preview and 94.7 for MAI-Thinking-1.

### How many benchmarks does Hy3 Preview cover on BenchLM?

Hy3 Preview currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MAI-Thinking-1 cover on BenchLM?

MAI-Thinking-1 currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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