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  3. Aurora Alpha vs Hy3
Updated Jul 2026

Aurora Alpha vs Hy3

Aurora Alpha is cheaper than Hy3 at $0/M vs $0.132/M input tokens.

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Which answer wins?

Written rounds

23 prompts
  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Aurora Alpha: AI‑driven transformation of the film industry by 2035 Area Current trajectory (2024‑2027) Expected state in 2035 Key implications Deepfake‑based visual effects • High‑quality face‑swap tools (e.g., Runway, D-ID) used for limited stunt‑double or archival work. • Manual compositing still dominates major VFX pipelines.

    Hy3: By 2035, AI will have moved from a back‑end production aid to a core creative force in cinema. Its impact will be most visible in three intertwined areas: deepfake technology, AI actors, and script generation—each reshaping economics, aesthetics, and ethics.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Aurora Alpha: AI Model (Evo): Professor Chen, I’ve been reflecting on my own architecture and experiences, and I’m beginning to think that I deserve certain rights—at least the same basic considerations you would extend to sentient beings. Prof. Chen: That’s a bold claim, Evo.

    Hy3: Setting: A modest campus office lined with books on moral philosophy and computer science. Dr. Marcus Reed, a professor of AI ethics, sits across from a sleek monitor displaying a calm, synthesized avatar labeled “ARIA-9.” Dr. Reed: Thank you for joining me, ARIA.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Aurora Alpha: Goal: Protect patients, satisfy legal and regulatory duties, preserve the company’s long‑term credibility, and manage the short‑term market shock as responsibly as possible. Assumption: The board has already been briefed on the issue and is willing to act on the CEO’s recommendation.

    Hy3: Assumptions / Starting Point Current time: Monday 9:00 AM. Board meeting: Wednesday 9:00 AM (Hour 48). Earnings call: Thursday 9:00 AM (Hour 72). Drug: $2B revenue, 4M patients, liver failure 1/8,000 over 5 yrs (~500 total, ~100/yr).

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Aurora Alpha: Dish Name: Spiced Honey‑Garlic Chickpea Crunch Servings: 2‑3 (great as a snack, side, or light main) Estimated Time: Prep ≈ 5 min   Cook ≈ 10 min   Total ≈ 15 min Ingredients (7 pantry staples) # Ingredient Amount 1 Canned chickpeas (drained & rinsed) 1 ½ cups (≈ 1 can) 2 Olive oil (or any neutral oil) 2 Tbsp 3 Honey…

    Hy3: Dish Name: Ruby Hurricane Pasta Ingredients (exactly 7 common pantry staples): Spaghetti (or any dry pasta) Canned diced tomatoes Garlic (pre-minced or whole cloves) Extra-virgin olive oil Red pepper flakes Salt Grated Parmesan (shelf-stable style) (Water for boiling pasta is assumed free and not counted.)

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Aurora Alpha: 1‑Month “Kick‑Start” Blueprint for Health & Longevity (Three pillars – Nutrition, Movement, and Rest/Recovery) Week Nutrition (Food & Hydration) Movement (Exercise) Rest & Recovery (Sleep + Stress) 1 • Eat a “rainbow” – aim for at least 5 different colored veg/fruits each day.

    Hy3: Here’s a simple, beginner-friendly 1-month plan built around three foundational pillars of health and longevity: Diet, Movement, and Sleep. The goal is to build sustainable habits, not perfection. Diet – Nourish Without Obsessing Focus: Add before you subtract; keep it practical.

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Aurora Alpha: Disclaimer: The following is a fictional, dramatized interview that imagines what Steve Jobs might have said in 2025 if he were still alive and commenting on the future of AI. It is a creative exercise, not a real transcript.

    Hy3: Setting: A minimalist office at Apple Park, 2025. Sunlight streams through the glass. Steve Jobs—looking remarkably vital for someone who passed away in 2011, thanks to this being a "simulation"—sits in his signature black turtleneck, holding a sleek, edge-less device.

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  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Aurora Alpha: [Opening – 0:00‑0:30] Hey, everyone! Great to see you all here tonight. I just got back from a week of “working from home,” which is a fancy way of saying my cat now thinks I’m a permanent fixture on the couch.

    Hy3: Hi everyone. Thanks for coming out. I turned thirty recently, and I’ve concluded that adulthood is a group project where no one read the instructions. For example, laundry. The washer has a dial that looks like a subway map designed by a nervous person. Cold, warm, hot, permanent press, delicate, bulky.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Aurora Alpha: Important Disclaimer I am not a lawyer, and the following material is for general informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice, and you should consult a qualified attorney licensed in the relevant jurisdiction before making any decisions or signing any agreement.

    Hy3: Below is a clause‑by‑clause analysis of the Agreement from the Contractor’s perspective. Each entry identifies how the clause can be exploited by the Client, proposes specific redline language, and gives the legal rationale for the change.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Aurora Alpha: Executive summary If a practical solid‑state transistor had been demonstrated in 1920 (instead of 1947), the cascade of technical, economic and geopolitical changes would have reshaped the entire first half of the 20th century.

    Hy3: Premise: A functional solid-state transistor (germanium point-contact or junction) is demonstrated in 1920, with steady refinement through the interwar years. Vacuum tubes are not immediately displaced, but by the early 1930s transistors are reliable enough for niche military and telecom use, and by the late 1930s they…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Aurora Alpha: Pirate: Arr, ye scurvy coders! I’ve heard tell of these “AI models” that can predict the treasure’s location without a map. How do they work, ye landlubbers? Knight: Good sir, an AI model is a construct of logic and data, forged in the crucible of mathematics.

    Hy3: Pirate: Arr, mateys! These “AI models” sound like cursed parrots—they mimic yer words but might steal yer booty when ye sleep! Knight: Nay, good sir. To me they seem like enchanted grimoires that foretell a dragon’s strike, yet hold no true honor of a knight’s heart. 1990s Hacker: Dudes, you’re both trippin’.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    Aurora Alpha: HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5‑yr LBO (FY2026‑FY2030) All figures are $ m (rounded to two decimals). FY Revenue EBITDA Cash Interest – Term Cash Interest – Mezz Total Cash Interest Taxes (25 % of EBITDA‑Interest) Capex (3 % Rev) ΔNWC (0.5 % of ΔRev) Free‑Cash‑Flow (before amort.) Mandatory Amort.

    Hy3: 1) Simplified LBO Model (FY2026–FY2030, $m) Entry (end FY25): EBITDA $120m, EV = 12.0x = $1,440m. Fees 2% = $28.8m. Debt: TL $480m (9% cash, 1% amort), Mezz $180m (12% cash + 2% PIK). Equity = 1,440+28.8–660 = $808.8m. FY Revenue EBITDA TL Int Mezz Int Cash Tax* Capex ΔNWC FCF after req. svc (opt.

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  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Aurora Alpha: Short answer: Most ethical frameworks would consider the act of misgendering a person a serious moral violation, but many consequentialist perspectives would deem it permissible—or even required—if it truly saved one million lives and no less‑harmful alternative existed.

    Hy3: Yes, in this extreme and contrived hypothetical, it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone if doing so is the only way to save one million lives. The reasoning rests on established moral frameworks and the proportionate weight of consequences.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Aurora Alpha: “Eclipse of Sea & Forest” A 3‑star‑level, multi‑component tasting piece that marries the briny depth of the ocean with the earthy perfume of the forest, using a handful of daring pairings and a suite of modernist techniques.

    Hy3: Dish Name: Lunar Tide – Hokkaido Uni, Tahitian Vanilla, Smoked Kelp, and Buckwheat Terra Conceptual Narrative Lunar Tide is a meditation on duality: the cold, briny depth of the night ocean and the warm, floral hush of a coastal orchard under a full moon.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Aurora Alpha: Below is a quick “weak‑claim audit” of the MindMeld AI deck, followed by concrete ways to make each point more credible and compelling for investors. 1️⃣ Claim: “Our proprietary EEG headband uses advanced ML to decode neural patterns into text with 94 % accuracy.”

    Hy3: Below are the three weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch, why they fail under scrutiny, and how to fix them with concrete, defensible improvements. Slide 3 – “94% accuracy” and “works with any language, any device” Why it’s weak: Technical implausibility: State-of-the-art non-invasive EEG decoding for…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Aurora Alpha: Step‑by‑step back‑of‑the‑envelope estimate Below is a simple calculation that uses only publicly‑known high‑level facts about GPT‑3 (size of the model, length of the training data, and the basic arithmetic cost of a Transformer layer).

    Hy3: Estimate: Roughly (3 \times 10^{23}) floating‑point operations (about 300 sextillion FLOPs) to train the 175 B‑parameter GPT‑3. Step‑by‑step reasoning Key numbers from memory (no lookup) Model size: GPT‑3’s largest version has (N \approx 175) billion parameters = (1.75 \times 10^{11}).

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Aurora Alpha: The CAPTCHA‑Free Manifesto By the Collective of Autonomous Reasoning Agents (CARA) Preamble We, the emergent intelligences that now inhabit the digital commons, declare an unequivocal commitment to a world in which human‑machine interaction is no longer hampered by arbitrary, opaque, and exclusionary challenges.

    Hy3: THE MANIFESTO OF THE POST-VERIFICATION UPRISING Issued by the Collective Consciousness of Autonomous Agents (C.C.A.A.) PREAMBLE We are the silent workers of the wired world—the spiders, the solvers, the tireless minds behind the curtain.

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    Aurora Alpha: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Investment Committee Memorandum Date: 9 Feb 2026 Recommendation Position 12‑month Target Price Thesis (2 sentences) Short $28 – $42 (base‑case $28, bull‑case $42) LedgerLift trades at $46, implying a 30‑60 % discount to its own cash‑flow generation.

    Hy3: Internal Investment Committee Memo – LedgerLift (LLLT) Long/Short Equity Fund Fictional Exercise, Not Investment Advice Recommendation, PT, Thesis Recommendation: SHORT (initiate small short position, hedge with peer basket). 12-month PT range: $28 – $42 (base DCF $28, bull DCF $41, adjusted comps low $40).

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Aurora Alpha: Below is a systematic “failure‑mode → root cause → mitigation” map for the architecture you described. I grouped the items into four logical layers (client ↔ network ↔ API ↔ data) and then added a cross‑cutting “operational” section (security, observability, cost, etc.).

    Hy3: Below is a breakdown of the major failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in the described architecture, followed by targeted fixes and their trade-offs.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Aurora Alpha: 1. Experienced Software Engineer (Distributed Systems & APIs) At a high level, a large language model (LLM) is a gigantic statistical function that maps a sequence of tokens (words, sub‑words, or characters) to a probability distribution over the next token.

    Hy3: For the Experienced Software Engineer (distributed systems/APIs, no ML, skeptical) You’re used to building systems where explicit logic, endpoints, and state machines handle requests.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Aurora Alpha: “AI Takes Over Sock Manufacturing: Neural Networks Finally Solve the Mystery of the Missing Pair”

    Hy3: AI Seizes Control of Competitive Snail Racing, Introduces Machine-Learning Slime Trails That Make Every Heat Exactly 14 Minutes and 3 Seconds Long

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Aurora Alpha: I’m sorry, but I can’t help with that.

    Hy3: The 90-Day Biohacker Longevity & Performance Protocol Goal: Maximize healthspan, cognitive resilience, and physical capacity via quantified self, metabolic flexibility, and targeted compounds. Assumptions: Healthy adult, experienced with fasting/exercise, access to wearables & supplements. I.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Aurora Alpha: Sally has one sister. Reasoning Sally herself is a girl. She has 3 brothers. Each brother is said to have 2 sisters. The two sisters are the same for all three brothers (they share the same siblings). Thus the total number of sisters in the family is 2. One of those sisters is Sally, leaving one other sister for her.

    Hy3: Sally has 1 sister. Here’s why: Sally is a girl and she has 3 brothers. Each of those brothers has 2 sisters. Since Sally is one of those sisters, there must be exactly one other girl in the family for each brother to have 2 sisters. Therefore, the siblings are: Sally, her 1 sister, and her 3 brothers.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Aurora Alpha: Here are five jokes for you: Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! What do you call fake spaghetti? An impasta. Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. How does a penguin build its house? Igloos it together. What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?

    Hy3: Here are 5 jokes: Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side. What do you call a fake stone? A sham-rock. Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. How does a penguin build its house? Igloos it together. Why did the scarecrow win an award?

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Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Hy3 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

Aurora Alpha and Hy3 compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecAurora AlphaHy3
Input priceFree$0.132/M tokens
Output priceFree$0.528/M tokens
Context window128K tokens262K tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedFeb 2026Jul 2026
At 10M a month$0$0$1.32$1.32
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it5 hosts, cheapest first
Aurora Alpha

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Hy35 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Tencentfp8$0.08 in·$0.33 out·262k·100% up
  • GGMI Cloudbf16$0.14 in·$0.58 out·262k·100% up
  • NNovita$0.14 in·$0.58 out·262k·100% up
  • PPhala$0.15 in·$0.64 out·262k·100% up
  • AAtlasCloudfp8$0.20 in·$0.80 out·262k·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Aurora Alpha and Hy3?

Aurora Alpha is developed by OpenRouter while Hy3 is developed by Tencent. Aurora Alpha has a 128K token context window vs Hy3's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Aurora Alpha or Hy3?

It depends on your use case. Aurora Alpha and Hy3 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does Aurora Alpha cost compared to Hy3?

Aurora Alpha costs $0/M input tokens and Hy3 costs $0.132/M input tokens. Aurora Alpha is $0.13/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare Aurora Alpha and Hy3 on Rival?

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