Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Yi-34B
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen Plus leads 27.4 to 7.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 65.3% for Qwen Plus and 5.1% for Yi-34B.
- Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Yi-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 27.8 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2023-11-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | 1112 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | 1104 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 81.1% | — |
| LMCA | 24% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 117.39 |
Math Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1326 | 1114 |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | 5.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |
Knowledge Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | 14.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | 1061 |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1176 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | 993 |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | 1050 |
| LMArena French | — | 1081 |
| LMArena German | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 959 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1070 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | 1091 |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1094 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | 1113 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Yi-34B?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen Plus or Yi-34B better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Yi-34B share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.