Model vs model
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Hy3
Hy3 is the stronger pick, led by agentic work, where it scores 24.1 to Gemma 4 26B A4B IT's 2.9. It also has the higher Intelligence Index, 25.3 to 16.7, and costs slightly less at $0.25 per 1M tokens blended against $0.26. Choose Gemma 4 26B A4B IT if you need image or PDF input, since Hy3 accepts text only.
At a glance
Longer bar means the bigger number.
Blended price · per 1M tokens, lower is better
Intelligence Index · Artificial Analysis, higher is better
Where they sit among all 44 models
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT ranks 34th of the 43 models with an Intelligence Index, Hy3 28th. Up and to the left is smarter for less money. Hover or tap a dot for its numbers, then click it to compare that model with Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.
Which one to pick
Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B IT if
- you need to send images and PDFs
Pick Hy3 if
- you want the lower bill ($0.25 vs $0.26 per 1M tokens blended)
- you want the higher overall score (25.3 vs 16.7)
- you care about agentic work: 24.1 vs 2.9
- you care about coding: 58.8 vs 39.3
How smart is each one?
Of the 9 scores both models have, Hy3 is ahead on every one.
Every intelligence score we have
Out of 100, higher is better. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Hy3
Overall
Intelligence Index
16.725.3
By area
Coding
39.358.8Agentic work
2.924.1
By field of work
Finance & accounting
27.3Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: not scored yet
Legal
26.5Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: not scored yet
Economics
18.935.2Engineering
26.7Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: not scored yet
Strategy & operations
23.9Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: not scored yet
Benchmarks
Hard reasoning · Humanity's Last Exam
19.333.5Science · GPQA Diamond
79.2 · 89.7Scientific coding · SciCode
4048.6Terminal tasks · Terminal-Bench 4.0
0.5Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: not scored yet
Tool use · τ-Bench Banking
1222.9Instruction following · IFBench
72.4Hy3: not scored yet
Long documents · AA-LCR
65.779Uncensored · UGI
20.8Hy3: not scored yet
The specs
| Spec | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.15 per 1M | $0.14 per 1M |
| Output price | $0.60 per 1M | $0.58 per 1M |
| Cost per test task | Not tested | Not tested |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 262K |
| Accepts | Text, Image, PDF | Text |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| Lab | Tencent | |
| Released | Apr 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not published | Not published |
Blended price weighs 3 parts input to 1 part output. List prices from models.dev.
Questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Hy3 cheaper?
Hy3 is cheaper. It charges $0.14 per 1M input tokens and $0.58 per 1M output tokens, against $0.15 and $0.60 for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT. Blended 3 parts input to 1 part output, that is $0.25 against $0.26 per 1M tokens.
Which is smarter, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Hy3?
Hy3 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.3 against 16.7 for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT. The biggest differences are on Agentic work (2.9 vs 24.1) and Coding (39.3 vs 58.8).
Which has the longer context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
Can I compare Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Hy3 on my own prompt?
Yes. ModelCompare sends one prompt to both models at once and shows each answer side by side with what it cost. You can try it free without an account.
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Where the numbers come from
Intelligence Index and benchmark scores are from Artificial Analysis, at each model’s highest effort, except SimpleQA, which is from Epoch AI, and the Uncensored score, which is from the UGI Leaderboard. The hallucination test is ours: questions with one exact answer, fake evidence pushed against right answers and requests that tempt a model to name packages that don’t exist. Prices are list prices from models.dev. Example answers come from our own test runs. Updated October 25, 2026.