Tencent claims that its new AI model outperformed ZAI and Moonshoot in testing
Tencent claims that its new AI model outperformed ZAI and Moonshoot in testing
摘要: Tencent claims that its new AI model outperformed ZAI and Moonshoot in testing
Shubhankar Tiwari
August 29, 2026
China's AI race shows little sign
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Tencent claims that its new AI model outperformed ZAI and Moonshoot in testing
Shubhankar Tiwari
August 29, 2026
China's AI race shows little sign of slowing down, with Tencent becoming the latest major tech company to introduce a new model. The Chinese technology giant this week released a preview of Hy4, an open-source AI model aimed at practical applications including coding, financial analysis, office tasks and scientific research.
Tencent claims Hy4 narrowly outperformed recent models from Chinese rivals Z.ai and Moonshot AI in an internal evaluation. In a blind test involving 163 experts and 203 engineering tasks, Hy4 achieved an average score of 2.99 out of 4.00. Z.ai's GLM-5.3 scored 2.92, while Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 recorded 2.94. However, these results come from Tencent's own testing and have not been independently verified.
The launch comes as Chinese AI companies continue to release increasingly capable open models at a rapid pace. Z.ai and Moonshot AI, in particular, have been challenging the dominance of US-based AI companies in areas such as reasoning and coding.
Moonshot recently introduced Kimi K3, which it described as a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model built for advanced reasoning, programming and other complex tasks. Z.ai has also attracted attention with its latest GLM models, including GLM-5.3-Flash, which initially appeared under the name Ox Alpha before the company confirmed its involvement.
WHAT CAN TENCENT'S HY4 DO?
On paper, Hy4 is significantly smaller than Kimi K3, but Tencent says it represents a substantial improvement over its previous generation. The model has 770 billion total parameters, with around 49 billion activated for an individual request. It also supports a context window of more than 1 million tokens, allowing it to process very large amounts of information in a single interaction.
Tencent says Hy4 has been developed with practical, real-world applications in mind rather than being optimised solely for ben