# Mistral Small 3.1 vs Yi-34B

> Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-1-vs-yi-34b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher in 6 categories and Yi-34B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3.1 leads 22.6 to 7.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 41.9% for Mistral Small 3.1 and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.7 | 27.8 |
| Rank | 269 | 329 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.35 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.56 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)
- Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1112 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)
- Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | 1104 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | 117.39 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |

## Math

- Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)
- Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1262 | 1114 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 5.1% |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)
- Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | 14.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1257 | 1061 |
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | — |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)
- Yi-34B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)
- Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1253 | 1176 |
| LMArena French | 1273 | 1081 |
| LMArena German | 1266 | 1042 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | 993 |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | 959 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | 1070 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)
- Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | 1091 |
| IFEval | 75% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)
- Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 1094 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)
- Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1277 | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | 1113 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Yi-34B?

Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Yi-34B better for coding?

Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Yi-34B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.