Model comparison
Qwen3.6 Flash vs Yi-1.5-34B
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen3.6 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 14.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 83.3% for Qwen3.6 Flash and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.
- Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-1.5-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.4 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-27 | 2024-05-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.19 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.13 | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 31.9 (#267)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1169 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 43.8% |
| ALE-Bench | 326.4 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90), Yi-1.5-34B: 21.5 (#195)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 35.2% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1160 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 18% | — |
| DTBench | 77.1% | — |
| LMCA | 31% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 143.26 | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88), Yi-1.5-34B: 25.3 (#248)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 22.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 84.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1182 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 25.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 10.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#290)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% | 32% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 15.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1144 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 32.5 (#251)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1213 |
| LMArena French | — | 1155 |
| LMArena German | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1021 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1005 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1091 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1120 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 59.4 (#252)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1139 |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#243)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1144 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 37.6 (#252)
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1173 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1135 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1153 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.6 Flash better than Yi-1.5-34B?
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Flash and Yi-1.5-34B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.