Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Yi-34B
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 3 categories and Yi-34B in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Magistral Small leads 30.9 to 7.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 56.1% for Magistral Small and 14.7% for Yi-34B.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Yi-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 27.8 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2023-11-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 40K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1112 |
Reasoning Yi-34B leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | 117.39 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1104 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
Math Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1114 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 5.1% |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | 14.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1061 |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1176 |
| LMArena French | — | 1081 |
| LMArena German | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 993 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 959 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1070 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1091 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1094 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1113 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Yi-34B?
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Small or Yi-34B better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Yi-34B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.