Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs Yi-1.5-34B

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.1

Rank #36 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.2

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.6 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 knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 87.4% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview 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 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index51.130.2
Released2026-04-202024-05-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.30—
Output $ / M tokens$7.80—
Results tracked2921

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50), Yi-1.5-34B: 31.9 (#267)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding14721169
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1482—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —, Yi-1.5-34B: —

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
Vending-Bench 24,254—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47), Yi-1.5-34B: 21.5 (#195)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14571160
SimpleBench63%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.1%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench87.2%—
LMCA42.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.27—

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40), Yi-1.5-34B: 25.3 (#248)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math14651182
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.1%—
MATH Level 5—25.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)23.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#290)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond87.4%32%
LMArena Expert14761144
SimpleQA Verified52%—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.5 (#251)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English14361121
LMArena Chinese14871213
LMArena French14491155
LMArena Russian14441091
LMArena Spanish14521120
LMArena German—1111
LMArena Japanese—1021
LMArena Korean—1005

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.4 (#252)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14371139

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#243)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query14571144

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.6 (#252)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text14471173
LMArena Creative Writing14351135
LMArena Multi-Turn14561153

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.6 Max Preview better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.6 Max Preview or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Max Preview and Yi-1.5-34B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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