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Model comparison

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct vs Yi-Lightning

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

37.7

Rank #186 Confirmed

Yi-Lightning 01.AI

36.5

Rank #206 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-Lightning in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 36.2 to 27.0.
  • Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index37.736.5
Released2025-042024-12-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$7.50—
Results tracked2518

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199), Yi-Lightning: 27.0 (#315)

BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
LMArena Coding14131313
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)55.4%—
Aider Polyglot—12.9%
LMArena WebDev1275—
GSO4.9%—
WeirdML41.2%—
ALE-Bench461.45—
AlgoTune1.44—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116), Yi-Lightning: —

BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
Terminal-Bench27.2%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141), Yi-Lightning: 24.9 (#137)

BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts13721302
Kagi LLM Benchmark49.5%—

Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151), Yi-Lightning: 33.5 (#173)

BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
LMArena Math13641300

Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159), Yi-Lightning: 34.8 (#182)

BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
LMArena Expert13371286

Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143), Yi-Lightning: 42.4 (#191)

BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
LMArena Non-English13451269
LMArena Chinese13561320
LMArena French13941304
LMArena German13241267
LMArena Japanese13091228
LMArena Korean13071192
LMArena Russian13671255
LMArena Spanish13601315

Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142), Yi-Lightning: 67.6 (#191)

BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following13561278

Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#176)

BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
LMArena Longer Query13791297

Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142), Yi-Lightning: 50.4 (#178)

BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructYi-Lightning
LMArena Text13561302
LMArena Creative Writing13331280
LMArena Multi-Turn13651311

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better than Yi-Lightning?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.2 versus 27.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct and Yi-Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.

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