# Deepseek Coder v2 vs Yi-34B

> Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-v2-vs-yi-34b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 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 Deepseek Coder v2 leads 32.3 to 7.5.

## Snapshot

| | Deepseek Coder v2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 27.8 |
| Rank | 220 | 329 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183)
- Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1251 | 1112 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.7% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 82.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 75.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176)
- Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1207 | 1104 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 117.39 |
| WinoGrande | 83.7% | — |

## Math

- Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190)
- Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1241 | 1114 |
| GSM8K | 94.5% | 76% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 5.1% |

## Knowledge

- Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212)
- Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1181 | 1061 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 14.7% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 64.3% | — |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |

## Multilingual

- Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240)
- Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1182 | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1201 | 1176 |
| LMArena French | 1185 | 1081 |
| LMArena German | 1164 | 1042 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1126 | 993 |
| LMArena Korean | 1104 | 959 |
| LMArena Russian | 1188 | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1153 | 1070 |

## Instruction Following

- Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242)
- Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1180 | 1091 |

## Long Context

- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224)
- Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1094 |

## Writing & Preference

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253)
- Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1120 | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1177 | 1113 |

## FAQ

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Yi-34B?

Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 or Yi-34B better for coding?

Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Yi-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.