Noometry

Model comparison

Kimi K2.6 vs Yi-34B

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-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 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 90.8% for Kimi K2.6 and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

Kimi K2.6Yi-34B
ProviderMoonshot AI01.AI
Noometry Index47.727.8
Released2026-04-202023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output262K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.95—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked5123

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-34B
LMArena Coding14881112
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode53.5%—
WeirdML55.9%—
ALE-Bench1,093—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137), Yi-34B: —

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-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-34B: 21.2 (#226)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14701104
Epoch Capabilities Index151.05117.39
NYT Connections (extended)87.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles26%—
EBR-Bench2.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA37.3%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-34B
LMArena Math14751114
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—5.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-34B
GPQA Diamond90.8%14.7%
LMArena Expert14911061
SimpleQA Verified34.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.8%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103), Yi-34B: —

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

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-34B
LMArena Non-English14461079
LMArena Chinese15211176
LMArena French14711081
LMArena German14501042
LMArena Japanese1443993
LMArena Korean1427959
LMArena Russian14461050
LMArena Spanish14641070

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14511091

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14681094

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

BenchmarkKimi K2.6Yi-34B
LMArena Text14551129
LMArena Creative Writing14341108
LMArena Multi-Turn14531113
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1725—
EQ-Bench 41202—

Frequently asked questions

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

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.6 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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