# Pixtral Large vs Yi-Lightning

> Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/pixtral-large-vs-yi-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Yi-Lightning leads 50.2 to 32.9.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 259 | 209 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $6 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Pixtral Large: —
- Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1312 |

## Reasoning

- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
- Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1302 |

## Math

- Pixtral Large: —
- Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1300 |

## Knowledge

- Pixtral Large: —
- Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1286 |

## Multimodal

- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
- Yi-Lightning: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1089 | — |

## Multilingual

- Pixtral Large: —
- Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1320 |
| LMArena French | — | 1305 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |

## Instruction Following

- Pixtral Large: —
- Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1278 |

## Long Context

- Pixtral Large: —
- Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1297 |

## Writing & Preference

- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
- Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 988 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1311 |

## FAQ

### Is Pixtral Large better than Yi-Lightning?

Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Pixtral Large and Yi-Lightning share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Pixtral Large has 3 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.