Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Hy4 preview: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash is developed by Google, while Hy4 preview comes from Tencent. Gemini 3.6 Flash was released in July 2026, and Hy4 preview followed a month later in August 2026. Hy4 preview has a published size of about 770 billion parameters; Google has not disclosed the parameter count of Gemini 3.6 Flash.
The two models share 2 published benchmarks. Hy4 preview leads on 2 of them. The widest gaps are on Terminal-Bench 2.1, where Hy4 preview scores 85.4% against 78.0%; SWE-Bench Pro, where Hy4 preview scores 65.7% against 58.7%. Averaged across everything we track, Gemini 3.6 Flash sits at 68.0% and Hy4 preview at 58.7%.
Gemini 3.6 Flash is available through an API at $1.50 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Hy4 preview, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Tencent | |
| Release Date | July 21, 2026 | August 28, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | 770B |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | — |
| Context (output) | 66K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.50 | — |
| Output Price / 1M | $7.50 | — |
| Average Score | 68.0% | 58.7% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.0% | 85.4% |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 58.7% | 65.7% |
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Verdict
Hy4 preview leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Gemini 3.6 Flash — 0.7, Hy4 preview — 0.6.
Hy4 preview is newer: released 8/28/2026 vs 7/21/2026.
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