# Qwen-14B vs Yi-Lightning

> Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen-14b-vs-yi-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen-14B scores higher in 1 category and Yi-Lightning in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Yi-Lightning leads 50.2 to 27.6.
- Qwen-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen-14B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 275 | 209 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)
- Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1071 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |

## Reasoning

- Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)
- Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1027 | 1302 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 55% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 113.03 | — |
| LAMBADA | 71.1% | — |
| PIQA | 79.9% | — |

## Math

- Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)
- Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1068 | 1300 |
| GSM8K | 61.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen-14B: —
- Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1286 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 84.4% | — |
| BoolQ | 86.2% | — |
| MMLU | 66.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)
- Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1041 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1077 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | — | 1305 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)
- Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1031 | 1278 |

## Long Context

- Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)
- Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1028 | 1297 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)
- Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

| Benchmark | Qwen-14B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1051 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1028 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1022 | 1311 |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen-14B better than Yi-Lightning?

Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen-14B or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Qwen-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen-14B and Yi-Lightning share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen-14B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.