# Hy4 preview vs Pareto 26.9

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Hy4 preview and Pareto 26.9 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/hy4-preview-vs-pareto-26-9
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Hy4 preview and Pareto 26.9 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Hy4 preview has the lower published output-token price.
- Hy4 preview has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Hy4 preview | Pareto 26.9 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Tencent | Unbiased |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | N/A |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 60.89 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $2.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 58.6 (Estimated · #30/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DRACO | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 74.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 37.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 62.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 61.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 22.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 32.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 55.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 51.00% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 59.4 (Estimated · #24/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 65.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 82.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 64.3% | 74.0% | Pareto 26.9 |
| NL2Repo | 58.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 17.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 35.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 31.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 84.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 66.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 16.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: 56.8 (Estimated · #45/184)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 55.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.4% | 49% | Pareto 26.9 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Hy4 preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Hy4 preview | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Hy4 preview and Pareto 26.9?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, 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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