Model comparison

GLM-5.1 vs Yi-1.5-34B

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.6

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 54.9 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 89.9% for GLM-5.1 and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.

Side by side

GLM-5.1 and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
GLM-5.1Yi-1.5-34B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)01.AI
Noometry Index47.830.6
Released2026-04-072024-05-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked4121

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding14851169
SWE-bench Verified74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1508—
SciCode43.8%—
WeirdML57.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%
ALE-Bench887.1—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-1.5-34B
APEX-Agents40.9%—
ExploitBench18.1%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 25,634—

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14721160
SimpleBench55.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)77.7%—
CritPt4.6%—
Chess Puzzles19%—
Thematic Generalization69.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.84—

Math GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond89.9%32%
LMArena Expert14761144
SimpleQA Verified34%—

Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English14471121
LMArena Chinese15151213
LMArena French14741156
LMArena German14651111
LMArena Japanese14341021
LMArena Korean14181005
LMArena Russian14541091
LMArena Spanish14691121

Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14511139

Long Context GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query14661143

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text14611173
LMArena Creative Writing14531135
LMArena Multi-Turn14721153
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1592—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.1 better than Yi-1.5-34B?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.1 or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.1 and Yi-1.5-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.1 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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