Model comparison
Mistral Small vs Yi-34B
Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small scores higher in 6 categories and Yi-34B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small leads 31.0 to 7.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 46.8% for Mistral Small and 5.1% for Yi-34B.
Side by side
| Mistral Small | Yi-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 27.8 |
| Released | 2024-02-26 | 2023-11-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 256K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 39 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 1112 |
| SciCode | 26.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 36.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 46.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 497.62 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93), Yi-34B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.1% | — |
Reasoning Yi-34B leads
Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1104 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 44.8% | — |
| DTBench | 70.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 53.7% | — |
| LMCA | 20.6% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 117.39 |
| LiveBench | 44% | — |
Math Yi-34B leads
Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1341 | 1114 |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.8% | 5.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 5.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 39.9% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |
Knowledge Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.5% | 14.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1291 | 1061 |
| MMLU | 68.7% | 76.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96), Yi-34B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1142 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1315 | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1340 | 1176 |
| LMArena French | 1337 | 1081 |
| LMArena German | 1340 | 1042 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1275 | 993 |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | 959 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1070 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1310 | 1091 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.7% | — |
Long Context Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1327 | 1094 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1338 | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1305 | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | 1113 |
| LiveBench Language | 30.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small better than Yi-34B?
Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small or Yi-34B better for coding?
Mistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small and Yi-34B share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small has 39 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.