Claude Opus 4.7 vs Hunyuan Hy3 Preview
Claude Opus 4.7 (2026) and Hunyuan Hy3 Preview (2026) are frontier-tier reasoning models from Anthropic and Tencent AI Lab. Claude Opus 4.7 ships a 1m-token context window, while Hunyuan Hy3 Preview ships a 262k-token context window. On SWE-bench Verified, Claude Opus 4.7 leads by 13.2 pts. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.
Hunyuan Hy3 Preview is ~7476% cheaper at $0.07/1M; pay for Claude Opus 4.7 only for coding workflow support.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Claude Opus 4.7 | Hunyuan Hy3 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | reasoning-heavy apps, multimodal apps, and tool-calling agents | reasoning-heavy apps, tool-calling agents, and provider-routed production |
| Decision fit | Coding, RAG, and Agents | Coding, RAG, and Agents |
| Context window | 1m | 262k |
| Cheapest output | $25/1M tokens | $0.26/1M tokens |
| Provider routes | 6 tracked | 2 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | SWE-bench Verified leader | 4 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Claude Opus 4.7 holds a shared-benchmark lead on SWE-bench Verified, ahead by 13.2 points.
- Claude Opus 4.7 has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Claude Opus 4.7 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Claude Opus 4.7 uniquely exposes Vision, Multimodal, and Structured outputs in local model data.
- Local decision data tags Claude Opus 4.7 for Coding, RAG, and Agents.
- Hunyuan Hy3 Preview has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $0.26/1M tokens.
- Local decision data tags Hunyuan Hy3 Preview for Coding, RAG, and Agents.
Monthly cost at traffic
Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.
Claude Opus 4.7
$10,250
Cheapest tracked route/tier: Anthropic
Hunyuan Hy3 Preview
$118
Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter
Estimated monthly gap: $10,132. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.
Switch friction
- Provider overlap exists on OpenRouter; start route-level A/B tests there.
- Hunyuan Hy3 Preview is $24.74/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
- Check replacement coverage for Vision, Multimodal, and Structured outputs before moving production traffic.
- Provider overlap exists on OpenRouter; start route-level A/B tests there.
- Claude Opus 4.7 is $24.74/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
- Claude Opus 4.7 adds Vision, Multimodal, and Structured outputs in local capability data.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2026-04-16 | 2026-04-22 |
| Context window | 1m | 262k |
| Parameters | — | 295B |
| Architecture | Decoder Only | Dense + MoE Hybrid |
| License | Proprietary | Tencent Hunyuan Community License |
| Openness | Proprietary | Open weights |
| Weights | Not released | Available |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: conditional | Commercial use: conditional |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2026-01 | - |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Claude Opus 4.7 | Hunyuan Hy3 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $5/1M tokens | $0.07/1M tokens |
| Output price | $25/1M tokens | $0.26/1M tokens |
| Providers |
Capabilities
| Capability | Claude Opus 4.7 | Hunyuan Hy3 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | Yes | No |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| JSON / Tool use | Yes | Yes |
| Structured outputs | Yes | No |
| Code execution | Yes | No |
| IDE integration | No | No |
| Computer use | No | No |
| Parallel agents | No | No |
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.7 | Hunyuan Hy3 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 87.6 | 74.4 |
| Google-Proof Q&A | 94.2 | 87.2 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 69.4 | 54.4 |
| BrowseComp | 79.3 | 67.1 |
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Last reviewed: 2026-07-26. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.