Model comparison
Qwen Plus vs Yi-Lightning
Qwen Plus and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.1 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 6 categories and Yi-Lightning in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Yi-Lightning leads 36.2 to 23.3.
Side by side
| Qwen Plus | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-01-25 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | 1302 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 81.1% | — |
| LMCA | 24% | — |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1326 | 1300 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | 1286 |
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1320 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | 1228 |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | 1255 |
| LMArena French | — | 1305 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | 1278 |
Long Context Too close to call
Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1324 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen Plus better than Yi-Lightning?
Qwen Plus and Yi-Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.1 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Qwen Plus or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Yi-Lightning share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.