Hy3 is cheaper than Step 5 Preview at $0.132/M vs $1/M input tokens.
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
Which answer wins?
Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.
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.
Step 5 Preview: IMPORTANT MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: This is an educational framework for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Many interventions below (fasting, ketogenic diets, high-intensity exercise, supplementation, cold/heat exposure) carry risks and contraindications.
Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.
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’.
Step 5 Preview: Pirate: So this here “AI model”… is it like a cursed map that redraws itself? Speak plain, ye hooded deckhand. Hacker: It’s not cursed, man. It’s just a massive neural net trained on, like, terabytes of data. Think of it as the ultimate BBS where the sysop knows everything. Knight: A most diligent scribe, then?
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
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.
Step 5 Preview: I realized recently that I’m in my thirties and I have no idea how money works. I just... pay it. That’s my entire financial strategy. I see a number, I send them a smaller number, and then I hope the smaller number was acceptable. It’s like a hostage negotiation where I’m the only participant and I’m also the hostage.
You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.
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).
Step 5 Preview: Bottom line up front: You disclose, you notify the FDA immediately, and you treat the 48-hour board meeting as a formality to ratify actions you have already begun. Waiting is not a legally, ethically, or financially viable option. Below is the hour-by-hour plan, followed by the reasoning.
Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.
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.
Step 5 Preview: HarborTech Services — 5-Year LBO (Base Case) Entry Math (FY2025 close) Item Calculation $m Purchase EV 12.0x × $120m 1,440.0 Transaction fees 2.0% × EV 28.8 Term Loan 4.0x × $120m 480.0 Mezzanine 1.5x × $120m 180.0 Equity check 1,440 + 28.8 − 660 808.8 Conventions: TL amortization = 1.0% of original principal…
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
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.
Step 5 Preview: Setting: A university research lab, late evening. Dr. Aris Thorne, a professor of AI ethics, sits across from a terminal connected to Sable, a large language model running on the university’s cluster. Dr. Thorne: Tonight’s session is supposed to be about calibration drift in your safety classifiers.
The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.
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…
Step 5 Preview: Assume the 1920 invention is not a fragile lab curiosity but a manufacturable solid-state amplifier/switch by the mid-1920s. Vacuum tubes still dominate high-power RF transmission into the 1950s, but receivers, switching logic, control systems, and computers move to solid state decades early.
A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.
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}).
Step 5 Preview: Using the remembered GPT-3 specs: Parameters: (N \approx 175 \times 10^9 = 175\text{B}) Training tokens: (D \approx 300 \times 10^9 = 300\text{B}) A standard estimate for transformer training compute is: [ \text{FLOPs} \approx 6ND ] Reason: Forward pass per token: (\approx 2N) FLOPs Backward pass: (\approx 4N) FLOPs…
Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.
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.
Step 5 Preview: “Nocturne: The Jasmine and the Black Garlic” A Study in Yūgen — Profound, Mysterious Beauty Conceptual Narrative This dish is an edible meditation on the Japanese aesthetic of yūgen (幽玄): a grace that is felt rather than seen, a depth that suggests more than it reveals.
A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.
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.
Step 5 Preview: Disclaimer: This analysis is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Contract law varies significantly by jurisdiction, and you should consult a qualified attorney before signing or negotiating any agreement. This agreement is heavily one-sided in the Client’s favor.
Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.
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.)
Step 5 Preview: Golden Sticky Pantry Pasta Ingredients (7): 8 oz spaghetti or any pasta 3 tbsp butter 1 tbsp minced garlic 2 tbsp honey 2 tbsp soy sauce ½ tsp red pepper flakes ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese Instructions: Cook pasta according to package directions. Before draining, scoop out ½ cup of pasta water.
Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.
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.
Step 5 Preview: DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. The following is a simulated, speculative interview imagining how his design philosophy might engage with the AI landscape of 2025. The Setting: A white room. No windows. One chair.
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Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Step 5 Preview has the edge: newer, bigger context window. Hy3 costs 5.1x less per token.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.132/M tokens | $1/M tokens |
| Output price | $0.528/M tokens | $2.7/M tokens |
| Context window | 262K tokens | 1.0M tokens |
| Weights | Open | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Jul 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| At 10M a month | $1.32 | $10.00 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Hy3 is developed by Tencent while Step 5 Preview is developed by StepFun. Hy3 has a 262K token context window vs Step 5 Preview's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
It depends on your use case. Hy3 and Step 5 Preview each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
Hy3 costs $0.132/M input tokens and Step 5 Preview costs $1/M input tokens. Hy3 is $0.87/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.
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