Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Yi-34B

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 94.1% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 14.7% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Yi-34B specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
ProviderGoogle01.AI
Noometry Index54.127.8
Released2026-07-212023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4623

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Coding14911112
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14851104
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25117.39
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Math15051114
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
GPQA Diamond94.1%14.7%
LMArena Expert14881061
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Yi-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14691079
LMArena Chinese15311176
LMArena French15041081
LMArena German14781042
LMArena Japanese1476993
LMArena Korean1431959
LMArena Russian14871050
LMArena Spanish14751070

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14661091

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14741094

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Text14791129
LMArena Creative Writing14651108
LMArena Multi-Turn14811113
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Yi-34B?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Yi-34B better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Yi-34B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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