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DeepSeek R1 0528 vs Hy4 Preview

Close to a tie overall. DeepSeek R1 0528 costs 27% less for the same work.

DeepSeek R1 0528

by DeepSeek · #29 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
160K
Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$2.15

Hy4 Preview

by

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$0.83
Output / 1M
$2.50

Better overall

About even

Grade 70.6 vs 69.3

Cheaper

DeepSeek R1 0528

27% less, $0.91 vs $1.25 blended

Larger context

Hy4 Preview

160K vs 1M tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 1,421
Hy4 PreviewHy4 Preview: —
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: —
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 1,464
Hy4 PreviewHy4 Preview: —
Aider Polyglot% of exercises solved · Aider (aider.chat) · Jun 6, 2025
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 71.4%
Hy4 PreviewHy4 Preview: —
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · May 28, 2025 · reference
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 57.6%v
Hy4 PreviewHy4 Preview: —
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Aug 27, 2026 · reference
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: —
LiveCodeBenchpass@1, % · LiveCodeBench · May 29, 2025 · reference
DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeek R1 0528: 73.3%v
Hy4 PreviewHy4 Preview: —

DeepSeek R1 0528Hy4 Previewv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

DeepSeek R1 0528$186 /month
Hy4 Preview$267 /month

DeepSeek R1 0528 saves you $80.84 a month at this usage, $970 a year.

At a glance

AttributeDeepSeek R1 0528Hy4 Preview
Made byDeepSeek
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeExcellent · 70.6Not rated
Overall rank#29 of 67Not ranked
Input price$0.50 per 1M$0.83 per 1M
Output price$2.15 per 1M$2.50 per 1M
Context window163,840 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDdeepseek-r1-0528hy4-preview

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "deepseek-r1-0528", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "hy4-preview", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is DeepSeek R1 0528 or Hy4 Preview better?

They grade within two points of each other (70.6 and 69.3), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek R1 0528 or Hy4 Preview?

DeepSeek R1 0528: $0.50 in and $2.15 out per million tokens, against $0.83 and $2.50 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Hy4 Preview, with 1,048,576 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), Aider (aider.chat), SWE-bench, Terminal-Bench, LiveCodeBench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.