Hy4 preview vs Qwen3.8 Max: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Hy4 preview is developed by Tencent, while Qwen3.8 Max comes from Alibaba. Both were released in August 2026. Qwen3.8 Max is the larger model at roughly 2.4 trillion parameters, against 770 billion for Hy4 preview.
We have 32 benchmark results for Hy4 preview and 2 benchmark results for Qwen3.8 Max, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Qwen3.8 Max is available through an API at $2.50 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 | Hy4 preview | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Tencent | Alibaba |
| Release Date | August 28, 2026 | August 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | 770B | 2.4T |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | — | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | — | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | — | $2.50 |
| Output Price / 1M | — | $6.25 |
| Average Score | 58.7% | 93.0% |
Verdict
Hy4 preview leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Hy4 preview — 0.6, Qwen3.8 Max — 0.9.
Hy4 preview is newer: released 8/28/2026 vs 8/2/2026.
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