Model comparison
Llama 3.1-70B vs Yi-1.5-34B
Llama 3.1-70B and Yi-1.5-34B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.6 vs 30.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-70B scores higher in 4 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Yi-1.5-34B leads 27.5 to 13.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 44.2% for Llama 3.1-70B and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 30.6 |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | 2024-05-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Yi-1.5-34B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.1% | 33.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1260 | 1169 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.8% | 43.8% |
| WeirdML | 9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112), Yi-1.5-34B: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 6.9% | — |
| BALROG | 27.9% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 1160 |
| DTBench | 60% | — |
| LMCA | 14.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.92 | — |
Math Yi-1.5-34B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1182 |
| MATH Level 5 | 36.7% | 25.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 21% | — |
Knowledge Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 44.2% | 32% |
| LMArena Expert | 1209 | 1144 |
| MMLU-Pro | 65.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 42.6% | — |
| MMLU | 80.1% | — |
Multilingual Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1219 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1215 | 1213 |
| LMArena French | 1261 | 1156 |
| LMArena German | 1222 | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1132 | 1021 |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | 1005 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1091 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1253 | 1121 |
Instruction Following Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1231 | 1139 |
| IFEval | 82.1% | — |
Long Context Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1241 | 1143 |
Writing & Preference Yi-1.5-34B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1261 | 1173 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1232 | 1135 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1256 | 1153 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 784 | — |
| WildBench | 75.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1-70B better than Yi-1.5-34B?
Llama 3.1-70B and Yi-1.5-34B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.6 vs 30.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Llama 3.1-70B or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?
Yi-1.5-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.4 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-70B and Yi-1.5-34B share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.