Model comparison

GLM-5.1 vs Yi-34B

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.1 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 GLM-5.1 leads 54.9 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 89.9% for GLM-5.1 and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

GLM-5.1 and Yi-34B specifications
GLM-5.1Yi-34B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)01.AI
Noometry Index47.827.8
Released2026-04-072023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked4123

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-34B
LMArena Coding14851112
SWE-bench Verified74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1508—
SciCode43.8%—
WeirdML57.1%—
ALE-Bench887.1—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113), Yi-34B: —

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

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14721104
Epoch Capabilities Index149.84117.39
SimpleBench55.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)77.7%—
CritPt4.6%—
Chess Puzzles19%—
Thematic Generalization69.8%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-34B
GPQA Diamond89.9%14.7%
LMArena Expert14761061
SimpleQA Verified34%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-34B
LMArena Non-English14471079
LMArena Chinese15151176
LMArena French14741081
LMArena German14651042
LMArena Japanese1434993
LMArena Korean1418959
LMArena Russian14541050
LMArena Spanish14691070

Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14511091

Long Context GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14661094

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Yi-34B
LMArena Text14611129
LMArena Creative Writing14531108
LMArena Multi-Turn14721113
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1592—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.1 better than Yi-34B?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.1 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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