Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Qwen3.8 Flash?

Hy3, at $0.46 per million tokens against $0.72 for Qwen3.8 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Hy3: $0.46 at NanoGPT. Qwen3.8 Flash: $0.72 at Eden AI.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 11 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Nous Portal, Eden AI, LLM Gateway, OpenRouter, Kilo Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.

Which holds more context?

Qwen3.8 Flash, at 1M tokens against 262k.

Hy3 vs Qwen3.8 Flash.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3.8 Flash takes 3 of 5 rounds against Hy3. Hy3 counters on price: $0.46 per million tokens against $0.72, for 262k context instead of 1M.

Tencent

Hy3

$0.46/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at NanoGPT · $0.0552 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

NanoGPT ↗

Alibaba Cloudwins 3 rounds

Qwen3.8 Flash

$0.72/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.0907 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

Eden AI ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.13/M

$0.15/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.53/M

$0.47/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.46/M at NanoGPT

$0.72/M at Eden AI

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.92/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0552

$0.0907

Context

262k tokens

1M tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

6 Jul 2026

26 Aug 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 11

NanoGPT$0.46 / $0.84
Nous Portal$0.75 / $0.92
Eden AI$1 / $0.72
LLM Gateway$0.92 / $0.92
OpenRouter$0.92 / $0.92
Kilo Gateway$1 / $0.92
Novita$1 / $0.92
OpenCode Go$1 / $0.92

Hy3 then Qwen3.8 Flash, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 11

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What moved in the last seven days

Hy3LLM Gateway$0.14 / $0.58 $0.13 / $0.538% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Hy3Nous Portal$0.06 / $0.23 $0.10 / $0.4388% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashEden AI$0.10 / $0.31 $0.11 / $0.3821% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashNous Portal$0.12 / $0.38 $0.15 / $0.4725% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashTrustedRouter$0.16 / $0.50 $0.12 / $0.4022% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashVercel AI Gateway$0.16 / $0.47 $0.15 / $0.473% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
Hy3Kilo Gateway$0.13 / $0.53 $0.14 / $0.588% dearer · 11 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashOfox$0.15 / $0.47 $0.11 / $0.3922% cheaper · 11 Sept 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashZenifra$0.90 / $2.50 $0.60 / $227% cheaper · 11 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Qwen3.8 Flash?: Hy3, at $0.46 per million tokens against $0.72 for Qwen3.8 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Hy3: $0.46 at NanoGPT. Qwen3.8 Flash: $0.72 at Eden AI.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 11 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Nous Portal, Eden AI, LLM Gateway, OpenRouter, Kilo Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
Which holds more context?: Qwen3.8 Flash, at 1M tokens against 262k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.