Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3 Max vs Yi-34B

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3 Max 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 Max leads 48.1 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 97.1% for Qwen3 Max and 5.1% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3 MaxYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index43.727.8
Released2025-09-232023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.20—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked3323

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Coding14561112
ALE-Bench370.45—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3 Max: —, Yi-34B: —

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-34B
Vending-Bench 271.56—

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14481104
Epoch Capabilities Index142.38117.39
Kagi LLM Benchmark72.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)30.1%—
Chess Puzzles4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles5%—
DTBench82.1%—
LMCA28.3%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Math14461114
MATH Level 597.1%5.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)18.9%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-34B
GPQA Diamond72.6%14.7%
LMArena Expert14551061
SimpleQA Verified48.7%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14291079
LMArena Chinese14781176
LMArena French14491081
LMArena German14631042
LMArena Japanese1397993
LMArena Korean1399959
LMArena Russian14281050
LMArena Spanish14621070

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14191091

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14381094
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—
CL-bench14.5%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

BenchmarkQwen3 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Text14391129
LMArena Creative Writing14021108
LMArena Multi-Turn14461113

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 Max better than Yi-34B?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 Max has 33 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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