Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3.6 Plus vs Yi-34B

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Plus leads 56.1 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 88.4% for Qwen3.6 Plus and 14.7% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index47.527.8
Released2026-03-312023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked3723

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
LMArena Coding14671112
SWE-bench Verified57.9%—
LMArena WebDev1461—
SciCode40.7%—
ALE-Bench670.15—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: —, Yi-34B: —

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
Vending-Bench 25,115—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14491104
Epoch Capabilities Index147.65117.39
NYT Connections (extended)60.3%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles17%—
Thematic Generalization59.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench81.9%—
LMCA33.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
LMArena Math14501114
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)38.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)26.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)8.3%—
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
GPQA Diamond88.4%14.7%
LMArena Expert14541061
SimpleQA Verified44.1%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14241079
LMArena Chinese14771176
LMArena French14551081
LMArena German14521042
LMArena Japanese1389993
LMArena Korean1379959
LMArena Russian14341050
LMArena Spanish14321070

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14251091

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14391094
CL-bench20.3%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusYi-34B
LMArena Text14371129
LMArena Creative Writing14041108
LMArena Multi-Turn14381113

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Plus has 37 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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