# Hy3 vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (slim)

> Hy3 and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 62.6 and 61.8 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hy3 and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 62.6 (B) and 61.8 (C). Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads on capability. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Hy3: B 62.6, rank #27 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy3.min.md
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: C 61.8, rank #31 of 100 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-8-flash-next.min.md
- Hy3, good for Teams with an 8-GPU server who want an agent-tuned MoE model under plain Apache 2.0 Ahead on Reach, 70 against 65; Risk, 60 against 45; Agent interface, 75 against 70; Documentation and upkeep, 56 against 36. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, good for Teams with a multi-GPU server or a 128 GB Mac who want Qwen's newest sparse architecture for agentic coding and multimodal work, and aren't a hosted-model or coding-assistant business. Ahead on Capability, 74 against 57.

| Category | Hy3 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | 57 | 74 |
| Reach (25%) | 70 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 45 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 75 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 56 | 36 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hy3 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Tencent (Hy team) | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Qwen Community License 1.0 (custom, not an OSI licence). Free of charge, the model name shown in products above 100M monthly users or US$20M monthly revenue, and a separate licence from Qwen before commercial use by a Model as a Service or AI Work Assistant business |
| Last release | 2026-07-20 | 2026-08-31 |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |