Model comparison
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct vs Yi-1.5-34B
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct and Yi-1.5-34B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.1 vs 30.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Yi-1.5-34B leads 27.5 to 16.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 56.1% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct and 25.5% for Yi-1.5-34B.
Side by side
| Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.1 | 30.6 |
| Released | 2024-09 | 2024-05-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.70 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.80 | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45% | 33.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.3% | 43.8% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1169 |
Reasoning Yi-1.5-34B leads
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1160 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 128.52 | — |
Math Yi-1.5-34B leads
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 56.1% | 25.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1182 |
Knowledge Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 46.1% | 32% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1144 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1213 |
| LMArena French | — | 1156 |
| LMArena German | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1021 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1005 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1091 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1121 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1139 |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1143 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1173 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1135 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1153 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better than Yi-1.5-34B?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct and Yi-1.5-34B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.1 vs 30.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Qwen2.5 32B Instruct or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5 32B Instruct and Yi-1.5-34B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.