Model comparison

o1-mini vs Yi-34B

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

33.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.4

Rank #325 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-34B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1-mini leads 34.8 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 89.2% for o1-mini and 5.1% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Yi-34B specifications
o1-miniYi-34B
ProviderOpenAI01.AI
Noometry Index33.727.4
Released2024-09-122023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3923

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.1 (#218), Yi-34B: 31.8 (#269)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Coding13621112
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.3 (#112), Yi-34B: —

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

Reasoning Yi-34B leads

o1-mini: 8.9 (#340), Yi-34B: 20.3 (#222)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts13331104
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82117.28
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
ARC-AGI-114%—
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
LiveBench57.8%—

Math o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 33.7 (#168), Yi-34B: 19.8 (#277)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Math13581114
MATH Level 589.2%5.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
LiveBench Math62%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 34.8 (#180), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
GPQA Diamond62.4%14.7%
LMArena Expert13161061
Confabulations18.6%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.8 (#177), Yi-34B: 29.9 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Non-English12891079
LMArena Chinese13141175
LMArena French12921080
LMArena German12781042
LMArena Japanese1245993
LMArena Korean1223959
LMArena Russian12831050
LMArena Spanish13021070

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 67.0 (#200), Yi-34B: 56.4 (#269)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following13041091
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#156), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#259)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query13211094

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.6 (#196), Yi-34B: 34.3 (#268)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Text13171129
LMArena Creative Writing12441108
LMArena Multi-Turn13141113
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Yi-34B?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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