Model comparison

Qwen3.5 Max Preview vs Yi-1.5-34B

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

44.7

Rank #72 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.2

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.1 to 37.6.
  • Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
Qwen3.5 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index44.730.2
Released—2024-05-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1721

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79), Yi-1.5-34B: 31.9 (#267)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding14881169
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81), Yi-1.5-34B: 21.5 (#195)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14831160

Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99), Yi-1.5-34B: 25.3 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math14731182
MATH Level 5—25.5%

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#290)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Expert14891144
GPQA Diamond—32%

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.5 (#251)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English14651121
LMArena Chinese15341213
LMArena French14831155
LMArena German14871111
LMArena Japanese14971021
LMArena Korean14381005
LMArena Russian14721091
LMArena Spanish14701120

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.4 (#252)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14671139

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#243)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query14771144

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.6 (#252)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text14711173
LMArena Creative Writing14641135
LMArena Multi-Turn14781153

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.5 Max Preview or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 Max Preview and Yi-1.5-34B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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