Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Yi-Lightning leads 34.8 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 36.5 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Yi-Lightning: 27.0 (#315)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1313 |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261), Yi-Lightning: 24.9 (#137)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1302 |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301), Yi-Lightning: 33.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1300 |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299), Yi-Lightning: 34.8 (#182)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1286 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Yi-Lightning: 42.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1320 |
| LMArena French | — | 1304 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164), Yi-Lightning: 67.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1278 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212), Yi-Lightning: 50.4 (#178)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Yi-Lightning share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.