Model comparison
Sonar vs Yi-34B
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 34.1.
- Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Sonar | Yi-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Perplexity | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.5 | 27.8 |
| Released | 2024-01-01 | 2023-11-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1 | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Sonar leads
Sonar: 35.7 (#221), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 35.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1112 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Sonar: 21.1 (#227), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 46.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1104 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.9% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 117.39 |
| LiveBench | 46.9% | — |
Math Sonar leads
Sonar: 33.7 (#200), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 41.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1114 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 5.1% |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Sonar: —, Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 14.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1061 |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Sonar: —, Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1176 |
| LMArena French | — | 1081 |
| LMArena German | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 993 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 959 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1070 |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Sonar: 71.4 (#150), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 76.2% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1091 |
Long Context Not comparable
Sonar: —, Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1094 |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Sonar: 52.6 (#167), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)
| Benchmark | Sonar | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1113 |
| LiveBench Language | 44.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Sonar better than Yi-34B?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Sonar or Yi-34B better for coding?
Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Sonar and Yi-34B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Sonar has 7 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.