Model comparison
GPT-4 Turbo vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 Turbo 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 9.0.
Side by side
| GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.5 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2023-11-06 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $30 | — |
| Results tracked | 36 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-4 Turbo leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 33.8 (#249), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1268 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| WeirdML | 18% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 86.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4 Turbo: —, Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | 36.7% | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 15.3 (#317), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1251 | 1302 |
| SimpleBench | 25.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | 61.6% | — |
| LMCA | 9.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.25 | — |
| ForecastBench | 59.4 | — |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 9.0 (#322), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1272 | 1300 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 0.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.7% | — |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 24.3 (#268), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1286 |
| GPQA Diamond | 46.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 28.4% | — |
| MMLU | 81.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-4 Turbo: 30.6 (#110), Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1090 | — |
Multilingual Yi-Lightning leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 40.5 (#216), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1245 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1276 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1259 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1194 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1187 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1259 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1260 | 1315 |
Instruction Following Yi-Lightning leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 65.8 (#216), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1249 | 1278 |
Long Context Yi-Lightning leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 38.0 (#206), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1254 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 47.7 (#206), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1272 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1269 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1267 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4 Turbo better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-4 Turbo or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
GPT-4 Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4 Turbo and Yi-Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 Turbo has 36 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.