Grok-3 vs Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S
Grok-3 (2025) and Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S (2026) are frontier reasoning models from xAI and Tencent AI Lab. Grok-3 ships a 131k-token context window, while Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S ships a 200k-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. It focuses on practical selection signals rather than broad model-family marketing.
Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S is safer overall; choose Grok-3 when reasoning depth matters.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Grok-3 | Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | reasoning-heavy apps, multimodal apps, and tool-calling agents | general production evaluation |
| Decision fit | Coding, RAG, and Agents | Long context |
| Context window | 131k | 200k |
| Cheapest output | $2.40/1M tokens | - |
| Provider routes | 4 tracked | 0 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Grok-3 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Grok-3 uniquely exposes Vision, Multimodal, and Reasoning in local model data.
- Local decision data tags Grok-3 for Coding, RAG, and Agents.
- Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Local decision data tags Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S for Long context.
Monthly cost at traffic
Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.
Grok-3
$1,240
Cheapest tracked route/tier: Chutes AI
Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S
Unavailable
No complete token price in local provider data
Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.
Switch friction
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Grok-3 and Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Check replacement coverage for Vision, Multimodal, and Reasoning before moving production traffic.
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S and Grok-3; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Grok-3 adds Vision, Multimodal, and Reasoning in local capability data.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025-02-17 | 2026-01-10 |
| Context window | 131k | 200k |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Architecture | - | - |
| License | Proprietary | Tencent Hunyuan Community License |
| Openness | Proprietary | Open weights |
| Weights | Not released | Unknown |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: conditional | Commercial use: conditional |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-04 | - |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Grok-3 | Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.80/1M tokens | - |
| Output price | $2.40/1M tokens | - |
| Providers | - |
Capabilities
| Capability | Grok-3 | Tencent Hunyuan Turbo S |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | Yes | No |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No |
| JSON / Tool use | Yes | No |
| Structured outputs | Yes | 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: 2026-07-10. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.