Hy3 vs Laguna XS 2.1: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Hy3 is developed by Tencent, while Laguna XS 2.1 comes from Poolside. Both were released in July 2026. Hy3 is the larger model at roughly 295 billion parameters, against 33 billion for Laguna XS 2.1.
The two models share 3 published benchmarks. Hy3 leads on 3 of them. The widest gaps are on SWE-bench Multilingual, where Hy3 scores 75.8% against 63.1%; SWE-Bench Pro, where Hy3 scores 57.9% against 47.6%. Averaged across everything we track, Hy3 sits at 57.1% and Laguna XS 2.1 at 54.8%.
Laguna XS 2.1 is available through an API at $0.10 per million input tokens with a 262K-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Hy3, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | Hy3 | Laguna XS 2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Tencent | Poolside |
| Release Date | July 6, 2026 | July 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | 295B | 33B |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Context (input) | — | 262K |
| Input Price / 1M | — | $0.10 |
| Output Price / 1M | — | $0.20 |
| Average Score | 57.1% | 54.8% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 75.8% | 63.1% |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 57.9% | 47.6% |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 78.0% | 70.9% |
Visual Benchmark Comparison
Verdict
Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.
Both models show comparable average scores: Hy3 — 0.6, Laguna XS 2.1 — 0.5.
On SWE-Bench, both models are nearly equal: Hy3 — 0.8, Laguna XS 2.1 — 0.7.
Both models were released around the same time: 7/6/2026 and 7/2/2026.
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