Tencent: Hy3 (free)
Analysis Summary
Tencent Hy3 is a free text model with a 262K context window and support for tool use and function calling. Its measured profile is uneven: coding is a clear strength, while general intelligence and agentic performance are lower. That makes it better suited to bounded coding tasks than to open-ended, autonomous workflows.
For an agency, Hy3 is worth testing for code assistance, lightweight developer automation, and tool-connected tasks where cost control matters. The available data does not establish vision or multimodal input, so it should not be selected for image-heavy client work. Its free access makes it easy to trial or use for high-volume tasks, but production use should be limited to workflows validated against its lower reasoning results.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
Tencent Hy3 combines strong coding results with tool and function calling, a 262K context window, and free access; its general reasoning and agentic measures are more limited.
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DFO Verdict
Tencent Hy3 combines strong coding results with tool and function calling, a 262K context window, and free access; its general reasoning and agentic measures are more limited.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Oct 18, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 13, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control.
How Tencent: Hy3 (free) compares
Tencent: Hy3 (free) ranks #85 of 439 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #40 of 198 for coding, #56 of 181 for agentic tasks. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 74% of the models we list. Tencent: Hy3 (free) is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
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1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
About Tencent: Hy3 (free)
Hy3 is a 295B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model from Tencent (21B active, 192 experts with top-8 routing) built for reasoning, agentic workflows, and real-world production use. It supports a configurable reasoning effort:..
Frequently asked questions about Tencent: Hy3 (free)
How much does Tencent: Hy3 (free) cost?
Tencent: Hy3 (free) is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
What is the context window of Tencent: Hy3 (free)?
Tencent: Hy3 (free) has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
Is Tencent: Hy3 (free) good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Tencent: Hy3 (free) ranks #40 of 198 models, placing it in the top quartile of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Tencent: Hy3 (free) do?
Tencent: Hy3 (free) supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Tencent: Hy3 (free)?
Tencent: Hy3 (free) is developed by Tencent and was released on July 6, 2026.