Side-by-side comparison of Grok-2 (xAI · USA) and Hy3-preview (Tencent) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Grok-2 is rated conditional; Hy3-preview is blocked. They part ways on licence: Grok-2 is "Grok 2 Community", Hy3-preview is "Tencent Hy Community".
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional xAI's first open-weights release. Commercial use allowed under the Grok 2 Community License with xAI's Acceptable Use Policy. Notable restriction: weights cannot be used to train other models (distillation ban). 500GB model, needs 8 GPUs with 40GB+. | 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 | 2026-04-16 | 2026-04-28 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Grok 2 Community | Tencent Hy Community |
| Commercial use | Yes (w/ AUP) | EU territory excluded |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | China |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 14/100 | 42/100 |
| Speed | — | 85 tok/s |
| Blended price | — | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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