Model comparison

Qwen2-72B vs Yi-34B

Qwen2-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.0

Rank #300 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2-72B scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-34B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen2-72B leads 21.2 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 39.1% for Qwen2-72B and 5.1% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

Qwen2-72B and Yi-34B specifications
Qwen2-72BYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index30.027.8
Released2024-06-072023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2623

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Category by category

Coding Yi-34B leads

Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen2-72BYi-34B
LMArena Coding11961112
WeirdML11.3%—
BigCodeBench Instruct38.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete54%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen2-72BYi-34B
TheAgentCompany1.1%—
METR Time Horizons29.9%—

Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen2-72BYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts11911104
Epoch Capabilities Index125.28117.39
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen2-72BYi-34B
LMArena Math12351114
MATH Level 539.1%5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen2-72BYi-34B
GPQA Diamond40.8%14.7%
LMArena Expert11711061
MMLU82.4%76.3%

Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen2-72BYi-34B
LMArena Non-English11761079
LMArena Chinese12401176
LMArena French11701081
LMArena German11511042
LMArena Japanese1111993
LMArena Korean1083959
LMArena Russian11691050
LMArena Spanish11691070

Instruction Following Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen2-72BYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following11811091

Long Context Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen2-72BYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query11921094

Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads

Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen2-72BYi-34B
LMArena Text12031129
LMArena Creative Writing11811108
LMArena Multi-Turn11961113

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen2-72B better than Yi-34B?

Qwen2-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen2-72B or Yi-34B better for coding?

Yi-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen2-72B and Yi-34B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2-72B has 26 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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