# Qwen Plus vs Yi-34B

> Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen-plus-vs-yi-34b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen Plus leads 27.4 to 7.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 65.3% for Qwen Plus and 5.1% for Yi-34B.
- Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.7 | 27.4 |
| Rank | 204 | 325 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen Plus: 38.3 (#163)
- Yi-34B: 31.8 (#269)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1328 | 1112 |

## Reasoning

- Qwen Plus: 27.6 (#101)
- Yi-34B: 20.3 (#222)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1317 | 1104 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 81.1% | — |
| LMCA | 24% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 117.28 |

## Math

- Qwen Plus: 22.0 (#266)
- Yi-34B: 19.8 (#277)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1326 | 1114 |
| MATH Level 5 | 65.3% | 5.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 17.8% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#245)
- Yi-34B: 7.5 (#304)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.1% | 14.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1328 | 1061 |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |

## Multilingual

- Qwen Plus: 45.3 (#170)
- Yi-34B: 29.9 (#259)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1310 | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1347 | 1175 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1251 | 993 |
| LMArena Russian | 1323 | 1050 |
| LMArena French | — | 1080 |
| LMArena German | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 959 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1070 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen Plus: 69.0 (#176)
- Yi-34B: 56.4 (#269)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1303 | 1091 |

## Long Context

- Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#153)
- Yi-34B: 33.2 (#259)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1325 | 1094 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen Plus: 52.4 (#171)
- Yi-34B: 34.3 (#268)

| Benchmark | Qwen Plus | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1326 | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1293 | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1336 | 1113 |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen Plus better than Yi-34B?

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen Plus or Yi-34B better for coding?

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.