Hunyuan Hy4 Preview vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super

Tencent · China  |  NVIDIA · US · Updated June 2026

Quick verdict

Pick Hunyuan Hy4 Preview for gpqa diamond (92.3) or terminal-bench (85.4). Pick NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super for high-throughput agentic reasoning (up to 2.2x gpt-oss-120b) or 1m-token context with strong long-context retrieval (91.6% ruler @ 1m). On a tight budget at scale, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is the value pick.

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview (Tencent, China) and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (NVIDIA, US) line up two different AI ecosystems against each other — a comparison that is as much about cost philosophy and openness as raw capability. Hunyuan Hy4 Preview is tencent's open-sourced (Apache 2.0) next-generation Hunyuan flagship preview, released August 28, 2026 as a 770B-parameter (49B active) MoE model that helped optimize its own training pipeline. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is nVIDIA's open 120B-total/12B-active hybrid Mamba-Transformer MoE built for high-throughput agentic reasoning at 1M-token context. Their biggest split is price, and the breakdown below shows exactly how that plays out for your workload.

Key differences at a glance

Side-by-side specs

SpecHunyuan Hy4 PreviewNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super
ProviderTencent (China) NVIDIA (US)
ReleasedAugust 28, 2026 March 11, 2026
Context window1M+ tokens (~1,500 pages) 1M (~1,500 pages)
Price (in/out)$0.834/$2.501 per 1M tokens Open weight (self-host / free)
Open weight?Yes — self-hostable Yes — self-hostable
Modalitiestext text, code
SWE-Bench VerifiedNot published 60.47%
MRCR v2 @ 1MNot published Not published

Who wins what

GPQA Diamond (92.3)

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview

Tencent's open-sourced (Apache 2.0) next-generation Hunyuan flagship preview, released August 28, 2026 as a 770B-parameter (49B active) MoE model that helped optimize its own training pipeline — and it is the newer of the two.

Terminal-Bench (85.4)

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview lists terminal-Bench (85.4) among its strengths; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super does not.

SWE-bench Multilingual (82.9)

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview lists sWE-bench Multilingual (82.9) among its strengths; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super does not.

High-throughput agentic reasoning (up to 2.2x GPT-OSS-120B)

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super lists high-throughput agentic reasoning (up to 2.2x GPT-OSS-120B) among its strengths; Hunyuan Hy4 Preview does not.

1M-token context with strong long-context retrieval (91.6% RULER @ 1M)

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super lists 1M-token context with strong long-context retrieval (91.6% RULER @ 1M) among its strengths; Hunyuan Hy4 Preview does not.

Strong math reasoning (90.21% AIME 2025)

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super lists strong math reasoning (90.21% AIME 2025) among its strengths; Hunyuan Hy4 Preview does not.

Lowest cost at scale

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super

Its weights are open, so at volume you pay for your own hardware instead of Hunyuan Hy4 Preview's $0.834/$2.501 per 1M tokens.

Which should you pick?

A cost-sensitive startup shipping high volume

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super

At Open weight (self-host / free) it undercuts Hunyuan Hy4 Preview, and on millions of tokens that margin decides the monthly bill.

Anyone whose priority is gpqa diamond (92.3)

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview

It is specifically built for that.

Anyone whose priority is high-throughput agentic reasoning (up to 2.2x gpt-oss-120b)

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super

That is its strongest area.

An enterprise with regional data-residency rules

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super or Hunyuan Hy4 Preview

Origin (China vs US) affects where data is processed and which compliance regime applies — check the provider's terms for your region.

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview: where it fits

Tencent's open-sourced (Apache 2.0) next-generation Hunyuan flagship preview, released August 28, 2026 as a 770B-parameter (49B active) MoE model that helped optimize its own training pipeline. Released August 28, 2026 by Tencent, it is built for gPQA Diamond (92.3), terminal-Bench (85.4), sWE-bench Multilingual (82.9), and large jump in long-horizon coding vs prior Hunyuan model (DeepSWE 28.0 to 64.3).

Its trade-offs are real: text-only, no native vision support, labeled a 'preview', not yet Tencent's finalized GA flagship, and sWE-Marathon score still low in absolute terms (31.9) despite a large relative jump. At $0.834 in / $2.501 out per million tokens, it sits in the budget price band.

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super: where it fits

NVIDIA's open 120B-total/12B-active hybrid Mamba-Transformer MoE built for high-throughput agentic reasoning at 1M-token context. Released March 11, 2026 by NVIDIA, it is built for high-throughput agentic reasoning (up to 2.2x GPT-OSS-120B), 1M-token context with strong long-context retrieval (91.6% RULER @ 1M), strong math reasoning (90.21% AIME 2025), and fully open weights, datasets, and recipes for self-hosting.

Its trade-offs: text-only; no image, audio, or video input, and requires roughly 8x H100-80GB GPUs to self-host at BF16. As an open-weight model, its running cost is your own hardware rather than a per-token fee.

The bottom line for this matchup

This is less "which is smarter" and more "which ecosystem fits." Hunyuan Hy4 Preview (China) and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (US) differ on pricing philosophy, data-residency, and tooling as much as on raw scores. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is the cheaper option, which matters at volume. The pragmatic move is to run one real task through both and judge the outputs against your own constraints — including where your data is allowed to be processed.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Hunyuan Hy4 Preview or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?

Public SWE-Bench figures are not available for Hunyuan Hy4 Preview, so the honest test is your own repository — run an identical real bug through both. By design, Hunyuan Hy4 Preview leans toward gpqa diamond (92.3) while NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super leans toward high-throughput agentic reasoning (up to 2.2x gpt-oss-120b), and that positioning usually predicts which feels better on your codebase.

Which is cheaper, Hunyuan Hy4 Preview or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper — $0.834/$2.501 per 1M tokens vs Open weight (self-host / free).

Which has the bigger context window?

Both advertise 1M+ tokens (~1,500 pages). Remember advertised ≠ usable: recall typically degrades before the ceiling.

Can I use both Hunyuan Hy4 Preview and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super together?

Yes — a multi-model platform like LumiChats gives you Hunyuan Hy4 Preview, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super and 40+ others under one ₹69/day pass (about $1/day), so you can draft with one and cross-check with the other instead of buying two subscriptions.

Which is newer, Hunyuan Hy4 Preview or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super?

Hunyuan Hy4 Preview — released August 28, 2026, about 6 months after NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super.

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Specifications and benchmarks reflect publicly reported figures as of June 2026 and may change as providers release updates. Always verify on your own workload.