Claude Opus 5.5 Max vs Tencent Hy4: which scores higher?

Claude Opus 5.5 Max leads the intelligence index 59.1 to 34.6. Tencent Hy4 costs 84% less on blended price. Compare price, speed, latency and a clear verdict.

Metric	Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)	Tencent Hy4
Intelligence Index	59.1	34.6
Input price (per 1M tokens)	$4.00	$0.834
Output price (per 1M tokens)	$20.00	$2.501
Output speed (tokens/s)	95	94
Time to first token	10.8 min	2.4s
Release date	2026-09-22	2026-11-03

Metric

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)

Tencent Hy4

Intelligence Index

59.1

34.6

Input price (per 1M tokens)

$4.00

$0.834

Output price (per 1M tokens)

$20.00

$2.501

Output speed (tokens/s)

Time to first token

10.8 min

2.4s

Release date

2026-09-22

2026-11-03

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) (Anthropic) and Tencent Hy4 (Tencent) are not peers on the headline index, which makes the trade-offs the interesting part. The biggest separation is in overall capability: 59.1 for Claude Opus 5.5 Max against 34.6 for Tencent Hy4. All numbers are the catalogue's recorded values; nobody ran either model by hand for this page.

Benchmark scores

Claude Opus 5.5 Max records 59.1 on the intelligence index and Tencent Hy4 records 34.6. These scores put the two models in different leagues on overall capability. Put another way, Tencent Hy4 would need 71% more on this index to draw level.

For context, that places Claude Opus 5.5 Max 2nd and Tencent Hy4 42nd out of 109 scored models still on offer.

For coding or maths work specifically, the catalogue has no dedicated index on either side yet.

Release timing

Claude Opus 5.5 Max came first, on September 22, 2026; Tencent Hy4 followed on November 3, 2026. They are effectively contemporaries.

How fast they respond

Claude Opus 5.5 Max generates about 95 tokens per second and Tencent Hy4 about 94 tokens per second. Throughput is close to level. The wait for the first token averages 10.8 minutes on Claude Opus 5.5 Max against 2.4 seconds on Tencent Hy4. In an interactive app, Tencent Hy4 will feel noticeably more responsive. A first-token wait of that length suits background work better than live conversation.

Add the two numbers up for a 1,000-token reply and Tencent Hy4 finishes first: 11.0 minutes for Claude Opus 5.5 Max, 13 seconds for Tencent Hy4.

Cost: Tencent Hy4 is cheaper

Per million tokens, Claude Opus 5.5 Max charges $4.00 for input and $20.00 for output, while Tencent Hy4 charges $0.834 and $2.501. Claude Opus 5.5 Max costs 8 times as much per output token.

Take 1 million input tokens and 200,000 output tokens: that comes to $8.00 on Claude Opus 5.5 Max and $1.33 on Tencent Hy4. A bigger example, classifying 100,000 short messages at 150 input tokens and 5 output tokens each, costs $70.00 on Claude Opus 5.5 Max and $13.76 on Tencent Hy4: a gap of $56.24.

Cost per point of intelligence

Dividing the blended price by the intelligence index gives a rough cost per point: $0.14 for Claude Opus 5.5 Max and $0.036 for Tencent Hy4, per million tokens. Tencent Hy4 delivers each index point for 73% less; whether Claude Opus 5.5 Max's extra 24.5 points are worth the premium depends on how often your tasks need them.

FAQ

Is Claude Opus 5.5 Max better than Tencent Hy4?

Neither wins everywhere: Claude Opus 5.5 Max scores higher on the intelligence index, 59.1 to 34.6; Tencent Hy4 is 84% cheaper on blended price; and Tencent Hy4 reaches its first token sooner.

Was this comparison tested by hand?

The figures are the recorded benchmark, price and speed data in Franklin AI's model catalogue. This page is written from that data automatically; neither model was tested by hand for it.

When were Claude Opus 5.5 Max and Tencent Hy4 released?

Tencent Hy4 is newer. It was released on November 3, 2026, 42 days after Claude Opus 5.5 Max (September 22, 2026).

Which model has lower latency?

Their output speeds are close: 95 tokens per second for Claude Opus 5.5 Max and 94 tokens per second for Tencent Hy4. Tencent Hy4 reaches its first token sooner (2.4 seconds against 10.8 minutes).

Are Claude Opus 5.5 Max and Tencent Hy4 from the same company?

Claude Opus 5.5 Max is made by Anthropic and Tencent Hy4 by Tencent. Claude Opus 5.5 Max was released on September 22, 2026 and Tencent Hy4 on November 3, 2026.

Final whistle

Short answer: Claude Opus 5.5 Max has more going for it here, but Tencent Hy4 is not without an argument. Pick Claude Opus 5.5 Max if you need the higher overall score (59.1 against 34.6). Pick Tencent Hy4 if users are waiting on the first word and cost matters ($2.501 against $20.00 per million output tokens).

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 Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) and Tencent Hy4 pages. The AI Benchmark methodology explains how that data is collected and shown.