LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B vs Tencent: Hy3 preview

A side-by-side comparison of LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B ($1.22 / 1M tokens) and Tencent: Hy3 preview ($0.63 / 1M tokens) using current USD prices and capabilities from the api14 catalog. Both run through the same OpenAI-compatible API.

Specifications

	LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B	Tencent: Hy3 preview
Provider	LiquidAI	Tencent
Input	$1.22 / 1M tokens	$0.63 / 1M tokens
Output	$1.75 / 1M tokens	$2.10 / 1M tokens
Cache read	$0.14 / 1M tokens	$0.21 / 1M tokens
Context window	128,000	262,144
Max output	8,192	235,929
Input	text	text
Output	text	text
Tool calling
Structured output
Reasoning control
Added	Aug 11, 2026	Apr 22, 2026

Key differences

Tencent: Hy3 preview is 49% cheaper on input tokens.
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B is 17% cheaper on output tokens.
Tencent: Hy3 preview reads 2.0× more context (262,144 tokens).
Only LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B supports structured JSON output.
A request with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens costs $0.00210 with LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B and $0.00168 with Tencent: Hy3 preview.

Switch with one string

Both models use the same endpoint and request shape. Change the model value from "liquid/lfm-2.5-2.6b" to "tencent/hy3-preview" and prompts, streaming and tools keep working.

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B details & playground →Tencent: Hy3 preview details & playground →

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api14.com/api/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.API14_API_KEY,
});

const result = await client.chat.completions.create({
  "model": "tencent/hy3-preview",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Explain vector databases in two sentences."
    }
  ]
});
console.log(result.choices[0].message.content);

LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B vs Tencent: Hy3 preview

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Key differences

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