Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Yi-1.5-34B

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.6

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 44.5 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 96.6% for DeepSeek-R1 and 25.5% for Yi-1.5-34B.
  • Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
DeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
ProviderDeepSeek01.AI
Noometry Index42.330.6
Released2025-01-202024-05-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5221

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding14271169
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Yi-1.5-34B leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14161160
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math14001182
MATH Level 596.6%25.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond76.3%32%
LMArena Expert13941144
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English14121121
LMArena Chinese14421213
LMArena French14171156
LMArena German14041111
LMArena Japanese13911021
LMArena Korean13601005
LMArena Russian14231091
LMArena Spanish14111121

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following13821139
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query13911143
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text14281173
LMArena Creative Writing14051135
LMArena Multi-Turn14051153
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Yi-1.5-34B?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Yi-1.5-34B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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