Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3 Max vs Yi-1.5-34B

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.6

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3 Max scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 97.1% for Qwen3 Max and 25.5% for Yi-1.5-34B.
  • Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index43.730.6
Released2025-09-232024-05-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.20—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked3321

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding14561169
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%
ALE-Bench370.45—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3 Max: —, Yi-1.5-34B: —

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
Vending-Bench 271.56—

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14481160
Kagi LLM Benchmark72.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)30.1%—
Chess Puzzles4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles5%—
DTBench82.1%—
LMCA28.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.38—

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math14461182
MATH Level 597.1%25.5%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)18.9%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond72.6%32%
LMArena Expert14551144
SimpleQA Verified48.7%—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English14291121
LMArena Chinese14781213
LMArena French14491156
LMArena German14631111
LMArena Japanese13971021
LMArena Korean13991005
LMArena Russian14281091
LMArena Spanish14621121

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14191139

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query14381143
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—
CL-bench14.5%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text14391173
LMArena Creative Writing14021135
LMArena Multi-Turn14461153

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 Max better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 Max has 33 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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