Model comparison

Mistral Small 3 vs Yi-34B

Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI

30.9

Rank #268 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.4

Rank #325 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 5 categories and Yi-34B in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3 leads 25.0 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 47.3% for Mistral Small 3 and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

Mistral Small 3 and Yi-34B specifications
Mistral Small 3Yi-34B
ProviderMistral AI01.AI
Noometry Index30.927.4
Released2025-01-302023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window33K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.05—
Output $ / M tokens$0.08—
Results tracked2423

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Small 3 leads

Mistral Small 3: 36.0 (#203), Yi-34B: 31.8 (#269)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3Yi-34B
LMArena Coding12461112
BigCodeBench Instruct45.3%—
BigCodeBench Complete50.4%—

Reasoning Yi-34B leads

Mistral Small 3: 18.2 (#269), Yi-34B: 20.3 (#222)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3Yi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts12331104
Epoch Capabilities Index127.06117.28
Chess Puzzles0%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Yi-34B leads

Mistral Small 3: 15.3 (#290), Yi-34B: 19.8 (#277)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3Yi-34B
LMArena Math12401114
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.7%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Mistral Small 3 leads

Mistral Small 3: 25.0 (#258), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3Yi-34B
GPQA Diamond47.3%14.7%
LMArena Expert12021061
Confabulations25.2%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads

Mistral Small 3: 37.5 (#231), Yi-34B: 29.9 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3Yi-34B
LMArena Non-English11981079
LMArena Chinese12041175
LMArena French12021080
LMArena German12111042
LMArena Japanese1111993
LMArena Korean1188959
LMArena Russian12161050
LMArena Spanish—1070

Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads

Mistral Small 3: 63.9 (#224), Yi-34B: 56.4 (#269)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3Yi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following12141091

Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads

Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#206), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#259)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3Yi-34B
LMArena Longer Query12461094

Writing & Preference Yi-34B leads

Mistral Small 3: 32.4 (#275), Yi-34B: 34.3 (#268)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3Yi-34B
LMArena Text12341129
LMArena Creative Writing11951108
LMArena Multi-Turn12171113
EQ-Bench Creative Writing707—

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Small 3 better than Yi-34B?

Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Mistral Small 3 or Yi-34B better for coding?

Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and Yi-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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