Model comparison

Qwen3.8 27B vs Yi-34B

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

46.0

Rank #68 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.8 27B 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 Qwen3.8 27B leads 41.6 to 7.5.

Side by side

Qwen3.8 27B and Yi-34B specifications
Qwen3.8 27BYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index46.027.8
Released2026-08-142023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.04—
Output $ / M tokens$2.30—
Results tracked3123

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 27B leads

Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
LMArena Coding14821112
LMArena WebDev1593—
SciCode46.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
APEX-Agents47.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.8 27B leads

Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14601104
Epoch Capabilities Index149.38117.39
ARC-AGI-242.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)54.5%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt5.4%—
DTBench88%—
LMCA41.4%—
Surface Evolver Bench45%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Qwen3.8 27B leads

Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
LMArena Math14561114
ProofBench16%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen3.8 27B leads

Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
LMArena Expert14821061
GPQA Diamond—14.7%
MMLU—76.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37), Yi-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
LMArena Vision1271—

Multilingual Qwen3.8 27B leads

Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14301079
LMArena Chinese15041176
LMArena French14651081
LMArena German14381042
LMArena Japanese1384993
LMArena Korean1393959
LMArena Russian14151050
LMArena Spanish14481070

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 27B leads

Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14391091

Long Context Qwen3.8 27B leads

Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14501094

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 27B leads

Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 27BYi-34B
LMArena Text14411129
LMArena Creative Writing13841108
LMArena Multi-Turn14411113
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1671—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.8 27B better than Yi-34B?

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.8 27B or Yi-34B better for coding?

Qwen3.8 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.8 27B and Yi-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.8 27B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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