Model comparison
Qwen1.5-72B vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-72B scores higher in 1 category and Yi-Lightning in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Yi-Lightning leads 35.4 to 11.5.
- Qwen1.5-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen1.5-72B | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-04 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen1.5-72B leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1165 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.3% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 59.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1148 | 1302 |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1164 | 1300 |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1136 | 1286 |
| GPQA Diamond | 28.8% | — |
Multilingual Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1135 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1186 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1159 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1084 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1061 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1050 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1104 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1110 | 1315 |
Instruction Following Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1141 | 1278 |
Long Context Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1157 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-72B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1166 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1137 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen1.5-72B better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen1.5-72B or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Qwen1.5-72B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.9 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-72B and Yi-Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-72B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.