# Palm 2 vs Yi-34B

> Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/palm-2-vs-yi-34b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Palm 2 scores higher in 1 category and Yi-34B in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Palm 2 leads 30.8 to 21.6.
- Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Palm 2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 27.8 |
| Rank | 298 | 329 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
- Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 994 | 1112 |

## Reasoning

- Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
- Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1104 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 117.39 |

## Math

- Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
- Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1049 | 1114 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 5.1% |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |

## Knowledge

- Palm 2: —
- Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 14.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1061 |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |

## Multilingual

- Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
- Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | 1176 |
| LMArena French | — | 1081 |
| LMArena German | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 993 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 959 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1070 |

## Instruction Following

- Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
- Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | 1091 |

## Long Context

- Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
- Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | 1094 |

## Writing & Preference

- Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
- Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | 1113 |

## FAQ

### Is Palm 2 better than Yi-34B?

Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Palm 2 or Yi-34B better for coding?

Yi-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Yi-34B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.