Model comparison
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Yi-Lightning
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 4 categories and Yi-Lightning in 4 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 31.7 to 27.4.
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-09-06 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1312 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | 1302 |
Math Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1288 | 1300 |
Knowledge Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | 1286 |
Multilingual Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1318 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1289 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1258 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | 1315 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | 1278 |
Long Context Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Yi-Lightning?
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Yi-Lightning share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.