Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 1 category and Yi-Lightning in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Yi-Lightning leads 36.2 to 10.7.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1302 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1300 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1286 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Yi-Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1315 |
Instruction Following Yi-Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1278 |
Long Context Yi-Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.6 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Yi-Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.