Model comparison

Llama 3.2 3B vs Yi-1.5-34B

Yi-1.5-34B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.6 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.2 3B Meta

28.9

Rank #321 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.6

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 3B scores higher in 2 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Llama 3.2 3B leads 29.7 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 28.3% for Llama 3.2 3B and 43.8% for Yi-1.5-34B.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 3B and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
Llama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
ProviderMeta01.AI
Noometry Index28.930.6
Released2024-09-242024-05-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output118K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.05—
Output $ / M tokens$0.33—
Results tracked1821

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Category by category

Coding Yi-1.5-34B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 27.6 (#319), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
BigCodeBench Instruct23.4%33.9%
LMArena Coding10981169
BigCodeBench Complete28.3%43.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#143), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard21.9%—
BALROG10.1%—

Reasoning Yi-1.5-34B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 21.0 (#228), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts10951160

Math Llama 3.2 3B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 32.4 (#214), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math11261182
MATH Level 5—25.5%

Knowledge Llama 3.2 3B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 29.7 (#235), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Expert10901144
GPQA Diamond—32%

Multilingual Yi-1.5-34B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 26.2 (#281), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English10191121
LMArena Chinese10171213
LMArena German10561111
LMArena Russian9491091
LMArena French—1156
LMArena Japanese—1021
LMArena Korean—1005
LMArena Spanish—1121

Instruction Following Yi-1.5-34B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 56.0 (#275), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following10891139

Long Context Yi-1.5-34B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#261), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query11001143

Writing & Preference Yi-1.5-34B leads

Llama 3.2 3B: 24.7 (#307), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 3BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text11101173
LMArena Creative Writing10941135
LMArena Multi-Turn11051153
EQ-Bench Creative Writing595—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.2 3B better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Yi-1.5-34B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.6 to 28.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.2 3B or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

Yi-1.5-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.4 versus 27.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 3B and Yi-1.5-34B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 3B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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