Model comparison

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B vs Yi-34B

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.5

Rank #98 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.4

Rank #325 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B 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-VL 235B-A22B leads 39.6 to 7.5.

Side by side

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B and Yi-34B specifications
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index42.527.4
Released2025-042023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.70—
Output $ / M tokens$2.80—
Results tracked1823

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 41.8 (#103), Yi-34B: 31.8 (#269)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
LMArena Coding14381112

Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 28.1 (#92), Yi-34B: 20.3 (#222)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14281104
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—117.28

Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 36.2 (#120), Yi-34B: 19.8 (#277)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
LMArena Math14261114
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.6 (#120), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
LMArena Expert14401061
GPQA Diamond—14.7%
MMLU—76.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.1 (#50), Yi-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
LMArena Vision1247—

Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 52.1 (#92), Yi-34B: 29.9 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14051079
LMArena Chinese14621175
LMArena French14481080
LMArena German14241042
LMArena Japanese1385993
LMArena Korean1395959
LMArena Russian14091050
LMArena Spanish14271070

Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.4 (#95), Yi-34B: 56.4 (#269)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14071091

Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#93), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#259)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14201094

Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.4 (#94), Yi-34B: 34.3 (#268)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BYi-34B
LMArena Text14201129
LMArena Creative Writing13671108
LMArena Multi-Turn14281113

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better than Yi-34B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B or Yi-34B better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B and Yi-34B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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