Model comparison

gpt-oss-20b vs Yi-1.5-34B

gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-20b OpenAI

32.5

Rank #255 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.6

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-20b scores higher in 6 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where gpt-oss-20b leads 34.6 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 60.8% for gpt-oss-20b and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.

Side by side

gpt-oss-20b and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
gpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
ProviderOpenAI01.AI
Noometry Index32.530.6
Released2025-08-052024-05-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.018—
Output $ / M tokens$0.09—
Results tracked3421

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Category by category

Coding gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 37.6 (#192), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding13061169
SciCode34.4%—
WeirdML40.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%
ALE-Bench566.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

gpt-oss-20b: 9.3 (#154), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
Terminal-Bench3.4%—

Reasoning Yi-1.5-34B leads

gpt-oss-20b: 19.3 (#261), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts12741160
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.2%—
CritPt1.4%—
Chess Puzzles4%—
DTBench68%—
LMCA14.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index137.82—

Math gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 39.4 (#103), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math13171182
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202565.3%—
Omni-MATH56.5%—
MATH Level 5—25.5%

Knowledge gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 34.6 (#195), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond60.8%32%
LMArena Expert12581144
MMLU-Pro74%—
GPQA (HELM)59.4%—

Multilingual gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 42.2 (#197), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English12681121
LMArena Chinese13141213
LMArena German12551111
LMArena Japanese12441021
LMArena Korean12361005
LMArena Russian12781091
LMArena Spanish12671121
LMArena French—1156

Instruction Following gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 61.8 (#240), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following12361139
IFEval73.2%—

Long Context gpt-oss-20b leads

gpt-oss-20b: 37.9 (#209), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query12501143

Writing & Preference Yi-1.5-34B leads

gpt-oss-20b: 35.5 (#265), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-20bYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text12871173
LMArena Creative Writing12011135
LMArena Multi-Turn12681153
EQ-Bench Creative Writing666—
WildBench73.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-20b better than Yi-1.5-34B?

gpt-oss-20b is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is gpt-oss-20b or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

gpt-oss-20b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.6 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-20b and Yi-1.5-34B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-20b has 34 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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