Model comparison

o1-mini vs Yi-1.5-34B

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.6

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1-mini leads 34.9 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 89.2% for o1-mini and 25.5% for Yi-1.5-34B.
  • Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
o1-miniYi-1.5-34B
ProviderOpenAI01.AI
Noometry Index34.030.6
Released2024-09-122024-05-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3921

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding13621169
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
LiveBench Coding48%—
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-1.5-34B
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Yi-1.5-34B leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts13331160
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
ARC-AGI-114%—
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82—
LiveBench57.8%—

Math o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math13581182
MATH Level 589.2%25.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
LiveBench Math62%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond62.4%32%
LMArena Expert13161144
Confabulations18.6%—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English12891121
LMArena Chinese13141213
LMArena French12931156
LMArena German12781111
LMArena Japanese12451021
LMArena Korean12231005
LMArena Russian12831091
LMArena Spanish13031121

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following13041139
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query13201143

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text13171173
LMArena Creative Writing12441135
LMArena Multi-Turn13141153
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Yi-1.5-34B?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Yi-1.5-34B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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