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Hy4 Preview vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Close to a tie overall. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs 70% less for the same work.

Hy4 Preview

by

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

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

by Qwen · #31 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.20
Output / 1M
$0.88

Better overall

About even

Grade 69.3 vs 68.7

Cheaper

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

70% less, $0.37 vs $1.25 blended

Larger context

Hy4 Preview

1M vs 256K 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
Hy4 PreviewHy4 Preview: —
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: 1,413
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: —
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Hy4 PreviewHy4 Preview: —
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: 1,463
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Aug 27, 2026 · reference
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: —

Hy4 PreviewQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instructv = 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.

Hy4 Preview$267 /month
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$75.20 /month

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct saves you $192 a month at this usage, $2,300 a year.

At a glance

AttributeHy4 PreviewQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Made byQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeNot ratedStrong · 68.7
Overall rankNot ranked#31 of 67
Input price$0.83 per 1M$0.20 per 1M
Output price$2.50 per 1M$0.88 per 1M
Context window1,048,576 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesNoYes
Model IDhy4-previewqwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct

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": "hy4-preview", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Hy4 Preview or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct better?

They grade within two points of each other (69.3 and 68.7), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, Hy4 Preview or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: $0.20 in and $0.88 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), Terminal-Bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.