Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Yi-34B

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-34B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 44.5 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 96.6% for DeepSeek-R1 and 5.1% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Yi-34B specifications
DeepSeek-R1Yi-34B
ProviderDeepSeek01.AI
Noometry Index42.327.8
Released2025-01-202023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5223

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-34B
LMArena Coding14271112
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Yi-34B: —

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

Reasoning Yi-34B leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14161104
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29117.39
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-34B
LMArena Math14001114
MATH Level 596.6%5.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-34B
GPQA Diamond76.3%14.7%
LMArena Expert13941061
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-34B
LMArena Non-English14121079
LMArena Chinese14421176
LMArena French14171081
LMArena German14041042
LMArena Japanese1391993
LMArena Korean1360959
LMArena Russian14231050
LMArena Spanish14111070

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following13821091
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-34B
LMArena Longer Query13911094
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Yi-34B
LMArena Text14281129
LMArena Creative Writing14051108
LMArena Multi-Turn14051113
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Yi-34B?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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