Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 1 category and Yi-Lightning in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Yi-Lightning leads 36.2 to 9.9.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | 01.AI | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1302 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1300 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1286 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1315 |
Instruction Following Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1278 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1311 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Gemma 2 9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.4 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Yi-Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.