# Inkling vs Yi-1.5-34B

> Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-vs-yi-1-5-34b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling 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 Inkling leads 55.1 to 14.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 88.3% for Inkling and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 30.6 |
| Rank | 80 | 289 |
| Context | 66K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.87 | — |
| Output $/M | $4.68 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1169 |
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1413 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| SciCode | 47% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 43.8% |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
- Yi-1.5-34B: —

| Benchmark | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |

## Reasoning

- Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1160 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 36.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 50% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 79.5% | — |
| CritPt | 5.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | — |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.54 | — |

## Math

- Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1479 | 1182 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 25.5% |

## Knowledge

- Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | 32% |
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1144 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1490 | 1213 |
| LMArena French | 1458 | 1156 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | 1021 |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | 1005 |
| LMArena Russian | 1429 | 1091 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | 1121 |

## Instruction Following

- Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1139 |

## Long Context

- Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1434 | 1143 |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
- Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1173 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1387 | 1135 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1153 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Inkling or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

Inkling scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Inkling and Yi-1.5-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.