Model comparison

Grok 4 Fast vs Yi-34B

Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4 Fast xAI

39.4

Rank #167 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4 Fast scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 Fast leads 63.2 to 33.2.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4 Fast and Yi-34B specifications
Grok 4 FastYi-34B
ProviderxAI01.AI
Noometry Index39.427.8
Released2025-09-192023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3023

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Grok 4 Fast: 32.5 (#271), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastYi-34B
LMArena Coding14291112
LMArena WebDev1159—
WeirdML42.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4 Fast: 29.5 (#86), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastYi-34B
τ²-bench Banking15.7%—
Cybench30%—
LMArena Search1171—

Reasoning Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 22.2 (#201), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14121104
Epoch Capabilities Index144.2117.39
ARC-AGI-25.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark66.1%—
ARC-AGI-148.5%—
DTBench82.7%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
ForecastBench60.5—

Math Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 38.9 (#123), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastYi-34B
LMArena Math14191114
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 32.0 (#214), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastYi-34B
LMArena Expert14111061
GPQA Diamond—14.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate19.7%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 51.3 (#111), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastYi-34B
LMArena Non-English13961079
LMArena Chinese14571176
LMArena French14311081
LMArena German13831042
LMArena Japanese1352993
LMArena Korean1357959
LMArena Russian13891050
LMArena Spanish14151070

Instruction Following Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 73.2 (#121), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following13871091

Long Context Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 63.2 (#3), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14151094
Fiction.LiveBench94.4%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 60.0 (#102), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastYi-34B
LMArena Text14071129
LMArena Creative Writing13871108
LMArena Multi-Turn14141113

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4 Fast better than Yi-34B?

Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4 Fast or Yi-34B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.5 vs 32.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4 Fast and Yi-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4 Fast has 30 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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