Side-by-side comparison of Gemma 4 31B Instruct (Google DeepMind · United States) and Hy3-preview (Tencent) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Gemma 4 31B Instruct is rated conditional; Hy3-preview is blocked. They part ways on licence: Gemma 4 31B Instruct is "Apache 2.0", Hy3-preview is "Tencent Hy Community".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional Based on published licence terms, Gemma 4 31B ships under pure Apache 2.0 — a notable break from the Gemma Terms of Use used in prior generations — with no prohibited-use carve-outs. US origin carries Schrems-II and CLOUD-Act exposure, and at 30.7B dense the model likely crosses EU AI Act GPAI systemic-risk thresholds that enterprise deployers should document. | Blocked Per the Tencent Hy Community License Agreement (Sections 1(l) and 5(c)), the licence's defined Territory excludes the European Union, the United Kingdom and South Korea, and licensees are expressly prohibited from using, distributing or displaying the model or its outputs outside that Territory. Under those terms the weights are not deployable for EU users or workloads, regardless of architecture quality. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-17 | 2026-04-28 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Tencent Hy Community |
| Commercial use | Unrestricted | EU territory excluded |
| Training data | Domain-level summary | Undisclosed |
| Origin | United States | China |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 32/100 | 42/100 |
| Speed | — | 85 tok/s |
| Blended price | — | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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