Model comparison

Qwen3.6 Flash vs Yi-34B

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #182 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.6 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.1 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 83.3% for Qwen3.6 Flash and 14.7% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.6 Flash and Yi-34B specifications
Qwen3.6 FlashYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index38.827.8
Released2026-04-272023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.19—
Output $ / M tokens$1.13—
Results tracked1323

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Coding—1112
ALE-Bench326.4—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-34B
Epoch Capabilities Index143.26117.39
SimpleBench35.2%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1104
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench77.1%—
LMCA31%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-34B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)22.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202584.4%—
LMArena Math—1114
MATH Level 5—5.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)10.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-34B
GPQA Diamond83.3%14.7%
SimpleQA Verified15.9%—
LMArena Expert—1061
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-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

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following—1091

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query—1094

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-34B
LMArena Text—1129
LMArena Creative Writing—1108
LMArena Multi-Turn—1113

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.6 Flash better than Yi-34B?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Flash and Yi-34B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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