Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs Yi-34B

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-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 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 87.4% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview and 14.7% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index51.527.8
Released2026-04-202023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.30—
Output $ / M tokens$7.80—
Results tracked2923

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-34B
LMArena Coding14711112
SWE-bench Verified76.7%—
LMArena WebDev1482—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —, Yi-34B: —

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

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14571104
Epoch Capabilities Index149.24117.39
SimpleBench63%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.1%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench87.2%—
LMCA42.5%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-34B
LMArena Math14651114
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.1%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)23.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-34B
GPQA Diamond87.4%14.7%
LMArena Expert14781061
SimpleQA Verified52%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14371079
LMArena Chinese14871176
LMArena French14491081
LMArena Russian14451050
LMArena Spanish14541070
LMArena German—1042
LMArena Japanese—993
LMArena Korean—959

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14381091

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14571094

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 Max PreviewYi-34B
LMArena Text14471129
LMArena Creative Writing14351108
LMArena Multi-Turn14561113

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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