Claude Haiku 5.5 Max vs Tencent Hy4: latency, speed and cost

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max leads the intelligence index 36.5 to 34.6. Price per token, response speed and when to pick each.

Metric	Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max)	Tencent Hy4
Intelligence Index	36.5	34.6
Input price (per 1M tokens)	$0.10	$0.834
Output price (per 1M tokens)	$0.50	$2.501
Output speed (tokens/s)	233	94
Time to first token	4.6 min	2.4s
Release date	2026-10-07	2026-11-03

Metric

Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max)

Tencent Hy4

Intelligence Index

36.5

34.6

Input price (per 1M tokens)

$0.10

$0.834

Output price (per 1M tokens)

$0.50

$2.501

Output speed (tokens/s)

233

Time to first token

4.6 min

2.4s

Release date

2026-10-07

2026-11-03

There is very little daylight between Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) (Anthropic) and Tencent Hy4 (Tencent) on the overall index. The figures come from tracked catalogue data, not from our own testing, so treat them as a starting point for a trial on your tasks. What separates them most is responsiveness; Claude Haiku 5.5 Max takes 4.6 minutes to produce its first token, Tencent Hy4 2.4 seconds.

Waiting time

Measured output speed is 233 tokens per second for Claude Haiku 5.5 Max and 94 tokens per second for Tencent Hy4. That makes Claude Haiku 5.5 Max roughly 2.5 times as fast at writing. The wait for the first token averages 4.6 minutes on Claude Haiku 5.5 Max against 2.4 seconds on Tencent Hy4. On total time, Tencent Hy4 wins at ordinary lengths; Claude Haiku 5.5 Max's higher throughput only pays off beyond about 43,000 tokens. A first-token wait of that length suits background work better than live conversation.

Add the two numbers up for a 2,000-token reply and Tencent Hy4 finishes first: 4.8 minutes for Claude Haiku 5.5 Max, 24 seconds for Tencent Hy4.

When they came out

The release dates are October 7, 2026 for Claude Haiku 5.5 Max and November 3, 2026 for Tencent Hy4, 27 days apart. That is close enough to count them as the same generation.

Token pricing and a sample bill

The list prices are $0.10 in and $0.50 out for Claude Haiku 5.5 Max, and $0.834 in and $2.501 out for Tencent Hy4, per million tokens. For output tokens, Tencent Hy4 is 5 times the price of Claude Haiku 5.5 Max.

For a sample workload of 1 million input tokens and 200,000 output tokens, Claude Haiku 5.5 Max would cost $0.20 and Tencent Hy4 $1.33, a difference of $1.13. For classifying 100,000 short messages at 150 input tokens and 5 output tokens each, Claude Haiku 5.5 Max would come in 87% lower: $1.75 for Claude Haiku 5.5 Max against $13.76 for Tencent Hy4. On a 3:1 blend of input to output tokens, that works out to $0.20 versus $1.251 per million.

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max leads on the intelligence index

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max comes out ahead on the intelligence index, 36.5 to 34.6. The lead is visible but narrow, so it should not decide the choice on its own. Put another way, Tencent Hy4 would need 5% more on this index to draw level.

For context, that places Claude Haiku 5.5 Max 37th and Tencent Hy4 42nd out of 109 scored models still on offer.

The catalogue does not yet split either model's score into coding and math indexes.

Score per dollar

Per point of intelligence index, Claude Haiku 5.5 Max costs $0.0055 of blended price per million tokens and Tencent Hy4 $0.036. Claude Haiku 5.5 Max scores higher and costs less per point, so on price per point there is nothing to trade off.

Common questions about Claude Haiku 5.5 Max and Tencent Hy4

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 Max better than Tencent Hy4?

It depends on what you need: Claude Haiku 5.5 Max scores higher on the intelligence index, 36.5 to 34.6; Claude Haiku 5.5 Max is 84% cheaper on blended price; Claude Haiku 5.5 Max streams output 2.5 times as fast; and Tencent Hy4 reaches its first token sooner.

Is Tencent Hy4 cheaper than Claude Haiku 5.5 Max?

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max is cheaper on a blended basis. Claude Haiku 5.5 Max lists $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Tencent Hy4 lists $0.834 and $2.501. For 1 million input and 200,000 output tokens that is $0.20 against $1.33.

Who makes Claude Haiku 5.5 Max and Tencent Hy4?

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max is made by Anthropic and Tencent Hy4 by Tencent. Claude Haiku 5.5 Max was released on October 7, 2026 and Tencent Hy4 on November 3, 2026.

Which is newer, Claude Haiku 5.5 Max or Tencent Hy4?

Tencent Hy4 is newer. It was released on November 3, 2026, 27 days after Claude Haiku 5.5 Max (October 7, 2026).

Does Claude Haiku 5.5 Max respond faster than Tencent Hy4?

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max generates output faster, at 233 tokens per second against 94 tokens per second. Tencent Hy4 reaches its first token sooner (2.4 seconds against 4.6 minutes). Counting the first-token wait, Tencent Hy4 finishes first for any reply shorter than about 43,000 tokens.

Final whistle

Short answer: on balance the numbers favour Tencent Hy4, though Claude Haiku 5.5 Max keeps a case of its own. Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 Max if cost matters ($0.50 against $2.501 per million output tokens) and you need the higher overall score (36.5 against 34.6). Pick Tencent Hy4 if users are waiting on the first word and replies need to finish sooner at typical lengths.

Where the numbers come from

The scores, speed and prices in this comparison come from independent third-party model evaluations that Franklin AI syncs each day, and the article was written from a snapshot of them. For the latest results, open the Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) and Tencent Hy4 pages. The AI Benchmark methodology explains how that data is collected and shown.