Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Yi-34B

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant 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 GPT-5.5 Instant leads 48.9 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 82.5% for GPT-5.5 Instant and 14.7% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Instant and Yi-34B specifications
GPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
ProviderOpenAI01.AI
Noometry Index42.727.8
Released2026-05-052023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2723

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
LMArena Coding14331112
SciCode48.6%—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14261104
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52117.39
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
LMArena Math14201114
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
GPQA Diamond82.5%14.7%
LMArena Expert14091061
MMLU—76.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52), Yi-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
LMArena Vision1250—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14171079
LMArena Chinese14561176
LMArena French14281081
LMArena German14111042
LMArena Japanese1408993
LMArena Korean1392959
LMArena Russian14311050
LMArena Spanish14291070

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14061091

Long Context GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14221094

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantYi-34B
LMArena Text14191129
LMArena Creative Writing14191108
LMArena Multi-Turn14331113

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Yi-34B?

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 Instant or Yi-34B better for coding?

GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Yi-34B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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