Vals ranks Tencent's Hy4 Preview fourth among open-weight models
The model finished 21st overall, but its $1.28 test cost and task-specific wins make aggregate rank only half the buying decision.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Vals AI
Why it matters
Hy4 Preview shows why model selection is moving from one leaderboard score to cost per completed workflow. That shift gives cheaper open-weight models room to win specific jobs without claiming the overall crown.
Rayan Krishnan and Langston Nashold built Vals AI to grade models on professional work. Their latest result gives Tencent's Hy4 Preview a useful distinction: fourth place among open-weight models, with a bill low enough to make its uneven scores worth examining.…
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