Granite Guardian 3.0 8B vs Hunyuan Hy3 Preview
Granite Guardian 3.0 8B (2025) and Hunyuan Hy3 Preview (2026) are frontier reasoning models from IBM Research and Tencent AI Lab. Granite Guardian 3.0 8B ships a 8k-token context window, while Hunyuan Hy3 Preview ships a 262k-token context window. 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 fits 33x more tokens; pick it for long-context work and Granite Guardian 3.0 8B for tighter calls.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Granite Guardian 3.0 8B | Hunyuan Hy3 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | general production evaluation | reasoning-heavy apps, tool-calling agents, and provider-routed production |
| Decision fit | Classification | Coding, RAG, and Agents |
| Context window | 8k | 262k |
| Cheapest output | - | $0.26/1M tokens |
| Provider routes | 1 tracked | 2 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Local decision data tags Granite Guardian 3.0 8B for Classification.
- Hunyuan Hy3 Preview has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Hunyuan Hy3 Preview has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Hunyuan Hy3 Preview uniquely exposes Reasoning and JSON / Tool use in local model data.
- 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.
Granite Guardian 3.0 8B
Unavailable
No complete token price in local provider data
Hunyuan Hy3 Preview
$118
Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter
Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.
Switch friction
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Granite Guardian 3.0 8B and Hunyuan Hy3 Preview; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Hunyuan Hy3 Preview adds Reasoning and JSON / JSON / Tool use in local capability data.
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Hunyuan Hy3 Preview and Granite Guardian 3.0 8B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Check replacement coverage for Reasoning and JSON / JSON / Tool use before moving production traffic.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025-03-01 | 2026-04-22 |
| Context window | 8k | 262k |
| Parameters | 8B | 295B |
| Architecture | Decoder Only | Dense + MoE Hybrid |
| License | Apache 2.0OSI-approved | Tencent Hunyuan Community License |
| Openness | Open source | Open weights |
| Weights | Unknown | Available |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: permitted | Commercial use: conditional |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-04 | - |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Granite Guardian 3.0 8B | Hunyuan Hy3 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | - | $0.07/1M tokens |
| Output price | - | $0.26/1M tokens |
| Providers |
Capabilities
| Capability | Granite Guardian 3.0 8B | Hunyuan Hy3 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | No | No |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes |
| JSON / Tool use | No | Yes |
| Structured outputs | No | No |
| Code execution | No | No |
| IDE integration | No | No |
| Computer use | No | No |
| Parallel agents | No | No |
Benchmarks
No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.
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Last reviewed: 2026-06-15. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.