Model comparison

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo vs Yi-34B

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.8

Rank #70 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo 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 Thinking Turbo leads 50.9 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 84.2% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Yi-34B specifications
Kimi K2 Thinking TurboYi-34B
ProviderMoonshot AI01.AI
Noometry Index45.827.8
Released2025-11-062023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2123

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.4 (#178), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboYi-34B
LMArena Coding14541112
LMArena WebDev1322—

Reasoning Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 32.5 (#75), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14281104
Chess Puzzles20%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—117.39

Math Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 47.4 (#68), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboYi-34B
LMArena Math14291114
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.1%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#69), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboYi-34B
GPQA Diamond84.2%14.7%
LMArena Expert14391061
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.4 (#109), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboYi-34B
LMArena Non-English13981079
LMArena Chinese14561176
LMArena French14251081
LMArena German13901042
LMArena Japanese1357993
LMArena Korean1330959
LMArena Russian13911050
LMArena Spanish14061070

Instruction Following Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.0 (#109), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14031091

Long Context Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#102), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14151094

Writing & Preference Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo leads

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.0 (#104), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkKimi K2 Thinking TurboYi-34B
LMArena Text14151129
LMArena Creative Writing13741108
LMArena Multi-Turn14141113

Frequently asked questions

Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better than Yi-34B?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo or Yi-34B better for coding?

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo and Yi-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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