Side-by-side comparison of Hy3-preview (Tencent) and SmolLM3 3B (Hugging Face · USA) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Hy3-preview is rated blocked; SmolLM3 3B is EU-ready. They part ways on licence: Hy3-preview is "Tencent Hy Community", SmolLM3 3B is "Apache 2.0".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | 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. | EU-ready Fully open small model: Apache 2.0 weights, training data published, engineering blueprint public. 6 native languages (EN/FR/ES/DE/IT/PT) covers major EU markets. 128K context via YARN. Strong default for edge or on-prem EU deployments where transparency matters. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-28 | 2026-04-16 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Tencent Hy Community | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | EU territory excluded | Yes |
| Training data | Undisclosed | Disclosed |
| Origin | China | USA |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 42/100 | — |
| Speed | 85 tok/s | — |
| Blended price | — | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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