Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Yi-1.5-34B

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #8 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.2

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 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 math, where GPT-5.5 leads 81.5 to 25.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 94% for GPT-5.5 and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.
  • Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
GPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
ProviderOpenAI01.AI
Noometry Index63.430.2
Released2026-04-232024-05-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked7121

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.3 (#13), Yi-1.5-34B: 31.9 (#267)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding14941169
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1512—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
MirrorCode10%—
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#8), Yi-1.5-34B: 21.5 (#195)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14891160
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.25—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.5 (#9), Yi-1.5-34B: 25.3 (#248)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#14), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#290)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond94%32%
LMArena Expert15081144
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 47.1 (#11), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.5 (#19), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.5 (#251)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English14671121
LMArena Chinese15351213
LMArena French14861155
LMArena German14781111
LMArena Japanese14981021
LMArena Korean14611005
LMArena Russian14731091
LMArena Spanish14691120

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.7 (#18), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.4 (#252)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14791139

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#243)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query14841144
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#13), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.6 (#252)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text14711173
LMArena Creative Writing14551135
LMArena Multi-Turn14771153
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Yi-1.5-34B?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.3 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Yi-1.5-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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