Model comparison
Qwen3-4B vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Yi-Lightning leads 25.9 to 19.2.
- Qwen3-4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2025-04-29 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1312 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100), Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 35.7% | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1302 |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 38.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 52.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1300 |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 52.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1286 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1320 |
| LMArena French | — | 1305 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1278 |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: —, Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3-4B better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3-4B and Yi-Lightning share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-4B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.