Model comparison
Sonar vs Yi-1.5-34B
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 37.4.
- Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Sonar | Yi-1.5-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Perplexity | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.5 | 30.6 |
| Released | 2024-01-01 | 2024-05-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1 | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Sonar leads
Sonar: 35.7 (#221), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 35.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1169 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 43.8% |
Reasoning Yi-1.5-34B leads
Sonar: 21.1 (#227), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 46.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1160 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.9% | — |
| LiveBench | 46.9% | — |
Math Sonar leads
Sonar: 33.7 (#200), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 41.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1182 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 25.5% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Sonar: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 32% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1144 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Sonar: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1213 |
| LMArena French | — | 1156 |
| LMArena German | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1021 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1005 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1091 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1121 |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Sonar: 71.4 (#150), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 76.2% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1139 |
Long Context Not comparable
Sonar: —, Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1143 |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Sonar: 52.6 (#167), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1173 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1135 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1153 |
| LiveBench Language | 44.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Sonar better than Yi-1.5-34B?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Sonar or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?
Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Sonar and Yi-1.5-34B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Sonar has 7 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.