Noometry

Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Yi-1.5-34B

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.6

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 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 knowledge, where Kimi K2.6 leads 54.0 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 90.8% for Kimi K2.6 and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
ProviderMoonshot AI01.AI
Noometry Index47.730.6
Released2026-04-202024-05-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked5121

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding14881169
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), Yi-1.5-34B: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
OSWorld 2.04.6%—
ExploitBench18.4%—
GBAEval0.9%—
GDP.pdf12%—
Vending-Bench 26,205—

Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14701160
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA37.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.05—

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math14751182
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 425.6%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions72.9%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202596.1%—
ProofBench16%—
MATH Level 5—25.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond90.8%32%
LMArena Expert14911144
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Yi-1.5-34B: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 23.9%—
Furniture Assembly21.7%—
LMArena Document1451—

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English14461121
LMArena Chinese15211213
LMArena French14711156
LMArena German14501111
LMArena Japanese14431021
LMArena Korean14271005
LMArena Russian14461091
LMArena Spanish14641121

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14511139

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query14681143

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text14551173
LMArena Creative Writing14341135
LMArena Multi-Turn14531153
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2.6 better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2.6 or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.6 and Yi-1.5-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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