Model comparison
Qwen2-72B vs Yi-1.5-34B
Qwen2-72B and Yi-1.5-34B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.0 vs 30.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2-72B scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen2-72B leads 21.2 to 14.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 39.1% for Qwen2-72B and 25.5% for Yi-1.5-34B.
Side by side
| Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 30.6 |
| Released | 2024-06-07 | 2024-05-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 26 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Yi-1.5-34B leads
Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)
| Benchmark | Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 38.5% | 33.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1196 | 1169 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54% | 43.8% |
| WeirdML | 11.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146), Yi-1.5-34B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 1.1% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 29.9% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)
| Benchmark | Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1160 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.28 | — |
Math Qwen2-72B leads
Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1235 | 1182 |
| MATH Level 5 | 39.1% | 25.5% |
Knowledge Qwen2-72B leads
Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)
| Benchmark | Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 40.8% | 32% |
| LMArena Expert | 1171 | 1144 |
| MMLU | 82.4% | — |
Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads
Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1176 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1240 | 1213 |
| LMArena French | 1170 | 1156 |
| LMArena German | 1151 | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | 1021 |
| LMArena Korean | 1083 | 1005 |
| LMArena Russian | 1169 | 1091 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1169 | 1121 |
Instruction Following Qwen2-72B leads
Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)
| Benchmark | Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1181 | 1139 |
Long Context Qwen2-72B leads
Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1192 | 1143 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads
Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)
| Benchmark | Qwen2-72B | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1203 | 1173 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1181 | 1135 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1196 | 1153 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen2-72B better than Yi-1.5-34B?
Qwen2-72B and Yi-1.5-34B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.0 vs 30.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Qwen2-72B or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?
Yi-1.5-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen2-72B and Yi-1.5-34B share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2-72B has 26 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.