Model comparison
Codellama 34b Instruct vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Yi-Lightning in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Yi-Lightning leads 50.4 to 28.4.
- Codellama 34b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codellama 34b Instruct | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 36.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.0 (#310), Yi-Lightning: 27.0 (#315)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1046 | 1313 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 37.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 43.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 56.3% | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 18.8 (#250), Yi-Lightning: 24.9 (#137)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1032 | 1302 |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#227), Yi-Lightning: 33.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1056 | 1300 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 34b Instruct: —, Yi-Lightning: 34.8 (#182)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1286 |
Multilingual Yi-Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.9 (#279), Yi-Lightning: 42.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1011 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 976 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | — | 1304 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |
Instruction Following Yi-Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.4 (#286), Yi-Lightning: 67.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1028 | 1278 |
Long Context Yi-Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.8 (#279), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1014 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.4 (#292), Yi-Lightning: 50.4 (#178)
| Benchmark | Codellama 34b Instruct | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1066 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1032 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1015 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 34b Instruct or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (28.0 vs 27.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and Yi-Lightning share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.