Model comparison

QwQ-32B vs Yi-1.5-34B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.4

Rank #153 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.2

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. QwQ-32B scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where QwQ-32B leads 37.2 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.3% for QwQ-32B and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.

Side by side

QwQ-32B and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
QwQ-32BYi-1.5-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index39.430.2
Released2024-11-282024-05-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3621

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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220), Yi-1.5-34B: 31.9 (#267)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwQ-32BYi-1.5-34B
BigCodeBench Instruct44.6%33.9%
LMArena Coding13331169
BigCodeBench Complete54.4%43.8%
Aider Polyglot20.9%—
LiveBench Coding72.2%—

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171), Yi-1.5-34B: 21.5 (#195)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwQ-32BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts13261160
Chess Puzzles5%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65%—
Epoch Capabilities Index137.6—
ForecastBench58.3—
LiveBench72%—

Math QwQ-32B leads

QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123), Yi-1.5-34B: 25.3 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwQ-32BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math13591182
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202559.2%—
LiveBench Math77.8%—
MATH Level 5—25.5%

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#290)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwQ-32BYi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond65.3%32%
LMArena Expert13231144
Confabulations15.6%—

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.5 (#251)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwQ-32BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English13061121
LMArena Chinese13781213
LMArena French13371155
LMArena German13131111
LMArena Japanese12631021
LMArena Korean12781005
LMArena Russian12971091
LMArena Spanish13531120

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.4 (#252)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwQ-32BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following12971139
LiveBench Instruction Following81.8%—

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#243)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwQ-32BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query13081144
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.6 (#252)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwQ-32BYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text13291173
LMArena Creative Writing12881135
LMArena Multi-Turn13141153
Short-Story Creative Writing80.2%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1257—
LiveBench Language51.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is QwQ-32B better than Yi-1.5-34B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is QwQ-32B or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do QwQ-32B and Yi-1.5-34B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. QwQ-32B has 36 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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