Model comparison

Qwen3-4B vs Yi-34B

Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.9

Rank #264 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen3-4B scores higher in 2 categories and Yi-34B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-4B leads 33.0 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 52.3% for Qwen3-4B and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

Qwen3-4B and Yi-34B specifications
Qwen3-4BYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index31.927.8
Released2025-04-292023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked623

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-4BYi-34B
LMArena Coding—1112

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-4BYi-34B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard35.7%—

Reasoning Yi-34B leads

Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-4BYi-34B
Chess Puzzles4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1104
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—117.39

Math Qwen3-4B leads

Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-4BYi-34B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions38.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202552.2%—
LMArena Math—1114
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads

Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-4BYi-34B
GPQA Diamond52.3%14.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.7%—
LMArena Expert—1061
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-4BYi-34B
LMArena Non-English—1079
LMArena Chinese—1176
LMArena French—1081
LMArena German—1042
LMArena Japanese—993
LMArena Korean—959
LMArena Russian—1050
LMArena Spanish—1070

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-4BYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following—1091

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-4BYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query—1094

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-4BYi-34B
LMArena Text—1129
LMArena Creative Writing—1108
LMArena Multi-Turn—1113

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-4B better than Yi-34B?

Qwen3-4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3-4B and Yi-34B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen3-4B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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