Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Yi-Lightning

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Yi-Lightning 01.AI

37.1

Rank #209 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-Lightning in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 25.9.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
ProviderGoogle01.AI
Noometry Index54.237.1
Released2026-05-192024-12-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5418

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Coding14921312
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
Aider Polyglot—12.9%
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Yi-Lightning: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts14881302
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Math15041300
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Expert14951286
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Yi-Lightning: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Non-English14761269
LMArena Chinese15261320
LMArena French14901305
LMArena German14921267
LMArena Japanese14861228
LMArena Korean14511192
LMArena Russian14931255
LMArena Spanish14801315

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following14671278

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Longer Query14821297

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Text14821302
LMArena Creative Writing14701280
LMArena Multi-Turn14811311
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Yi-Lightning?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Yi-Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.

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