Tencent Hunyuan Image 3.5 Preview Rolls Out with 30% Win-Rate Gain
On September 22, Tencent Hunyuan officially released its next-gen image generation model HyImage3.5 preview, touting professional-grade generation at aggressive pricing, and launched it exclusively on third-party platform OnSolo. It's a routine generational upgrade for the Hunyuan image series, but drew attention with 2K-resolution output and industry-low pricing.
Confirmed
- Officially announced: HyImage3.5 preview supports text-to-image and image-to-image, up to 5 reference images per generation, multiple aspect ratios, up to 2K resolution, and multi-turn conversational editing.
- In a GSB blind test with hundreds of internal designers, overall performance improved about 30% over HyImage3.0 (30% higher win rate in human evaluation).
- API pricing is $0.024/image (about RMB 0.15 per image), which Zhidx reported as the lowest in the industry.
- The model launched exclusively on OnSolo, supporting 5 reference image inputs and 2K output at 1 credit per generation; during a two-week promotional period, OnSolo members get unlimited free generations.
Why it matters
- Ultra-low pricing paired with 2K output directly disrupts image generation market pricing—Zhidx called it the industry's lowest price.
- The exclusive OnSolo launch with free member generation is a textbook case of community model distribution. Sharer @Divpradeep and tester @LearnWithBishal both reported solid generation quality, fast speed, and competitive pricing.
2026-09-22 ~ 2026-09-23 · 10 related posts
- Episode 1: Tencent Hunyuan Image 3.5 Preview Rolls Out with 30% Win-Rate Gain(2026-09-22, 10 posts)
- Episode 2: Hands-On: Tencent Hunyuan Image 3.5 Shines in Text Rendering and Editing Control(2026-09-23, 8 posts)
Primary sources
- [source] Tencent Launches Hunyuan Image 3.5 Preview at ¥0.15 per 2K Image — 腾讯混元 · 2026-09-22
- [source] Tencent Hunyuan ships Hy Image3.5 preview: +30% human eval win rate at $0.024 per image — TencentHunyuan · 2026-09-22
- Hunyuan Image 3.5 lands exclusively on OnSolo with 5 refs, 2K output, 1 credit — LearnWithBishal · 2026-09-22
- [source] Tencent launches HunyuanImage 3.5 preview with 2K images at 0.15 yuan each, cheapest among 13 models — 智东西 · 2026-09-22
- Tencent Hunyuan's Hy Image 3.5 preview lands in ComfyUI with +30% human eval win rate — TencentHunyuan · 2026-09-23
- Tencent Hunyuan Image 3.5 preview lands on OnSolo, free for two weeks — TencentHunyuan · 2026-09-23
- Tencent Hunyuan Image3.5 preview went live Sept 22, free for a limited time — HeyAmit_ · 2026-09-23
3 near-duplicate retellings: Div_pradeep · HeyAmit_ · TencentHunyuan