Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 2 categories and Yi-Lightning in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Yi-Lightning leads 36.2 to 22.1.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | 01.AI | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1302 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1300 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1286 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1315 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1278 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1311 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Yi-Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.