72% offTencent HY3 API
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Tencent HY3 is a 295B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model (21B active, 192 experts with top-8 routing) built for reasoning, agentic workflows, and production use. Served
Pricing
Cheapest live price, per 1 million tokens.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.132 OpenRouter
Output / 1M tokens
$0.528 OpenRouter
Cache read / 1M
Repeated prompt prefixes
Cache read is the discounted rate for repeated prompt prefixes (system prompts, agent context).
Capabilities · 7
Specifications
- Context window
- 262K
- Max output
- 131K
- Type
- Text
- Creator
- Tencent
- Live sellers
- 52
- Requests / 24h
- 1,690
Price history · 60 days
Estimated monthly cost
30 days at the cheapest live price.
Quick start
OpenAI-compatible — change the base URL and key. Get a key from the dashboard.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.qubax.ai/v1",
api_key="YOUR_QUBAX_API_KEY",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="hy3",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)About Tencent HY3
Tencent HY3 is a language model developed by Tencent. It's particularly well-suited for tackling complex, multi-step reasoning problems, orchestrating tool-using agents that call APIs and external services, producing structured outputs for reliable data extraction and handling large contexts of up to 262K tokens. Its 262K-token context window means you can pass in entire documents, codebases, or conversation histories without losing context. It can write up to 131K tokens in a single response.
As of Nov 4, 2026, Tencent HY3 costs $0.037 per 1M input tokens and $0.148 per 1M output tokens on Qubax, versus $0.132 / $0.528 on OpenRouter (72% less on input). A typical 1,000 chat requests (2K tokens in, 500 out) come to about $0.15. 52 independent compute providers currently serve it, so requests fail over automatically. It handled 1,690 requests on Qubax in the last 24 hours. Pay with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH or 350+ other coins — no credit card required.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the Tencent HY3 API cost?
On Qubax, Tencent HY3 costs $0.037 per 1M input tokens and $0.148 per 1M output tokens. This is 72% cheaper than OpenRouter's price of $0.132 per 1M input tokens.
Is the Tencent HY3 API compatible with OpenAI?
Yes. Qubax provides an OpenAI-compatible API. You can use Tencent HY3 as a drop-in replacement by changing your base URL to https://api.qubax.ai/v1 and using your Qubax API key. It works with Cline, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, and any tool that supports OpenAI APIs.
Why is Tencent HY3 cheaper on Qubax than OpenRouter?
Qubax sources AI inference from an open compute marketplace on the Base blockchain where GPU providers compete on price. We pass the savings to you — 72% cheaper than OpenRouter's price for Tencent HY3.
How do I pay for Tencent HY3 API usage?
Qubax uses prepaid crypto credits. Top up with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL or 350+ other coins and your balance is deducted as you use the API. No credit card or KYC required.
What is the context window of Tencent HY3?
Tencent HY3 supports a context window of 262K tokens, allowing you to process large documents, codebases, or long conversations in a single request.
What can I build with Tencent HY3?
You can use Tencent HY3 to tackle complex multi-step reasoning tasks, build autonomous agents that call external tools and APIs, generate structured JSON output for data pipelines and process long documents and entire codebases. Because it's served through Qubax's OpenAI-compatible API, integration into existing apps, agents, or workflows takes just a few lines of code.
How fast and reliable is Tencent HY3 on Qubax?
Responses stream token by token. 52 sellers serve it, so if one is slow or down the request moves to the next.
Tencent HY3 vs Kimi K3: which should I choose?
Tencent HY3 by Tencent and Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI are both strong models in a similar price tier. Tencent HY3 excels at complex reasoning. Kimi K3 comes from a different lab and may have different strengths depending on your workload. On Qubax, Tencent HY3 starts at $0.037/1M input tokens versus Kimi K3's $0.064/1M — making Tencent HY3 the more cost-effective option for high-volume workloads. Both are available on Qubax with crypto payments and OpenAI-compatible APIs, so you can try each and switch freely.
Can I use Tencent HY3 for commercial projects?
Yes. Tencent HY3 on Qubax can be used for commercial purposes. You own the outputs you generate. Qubax provides the API infrastructure — you bring your use case.
Why use Tencent HY3 on Qubax?
72% cheaper
Providers compete on price — you get the cheapest healthy seller.
Pay with crypto
350+ coins (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC). No card, no KYC.
OpenAI & Anthropic compatible
Drop-in base URL. Works with Cline, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs.