# Mistral vs Yi-34B

> Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-yi-34b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-34B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral leads 16.6 to 7.5.
- Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 27.8 |
| Rank | 303 | 329 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
- Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1112 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
- Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1104 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 117.39 |

## Math

- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
- Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1114 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 5.1% |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
- Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1061 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 14.7% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
- Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1176 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1081 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1042 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 993 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 959 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1070 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
- Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1091 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
- Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1094 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
- Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1113 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |

## FAQ

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

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.