# Qwen1.5-110B vs Yi-Lightning

> Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen1-5-110b-vs-yi-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen1.5-110B scores higher in 1 category and Yi-Lightning in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Yi-Lightning leads 50.2 to 38.0.
- Qwen1.5-110B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen1.5-110B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 34.2 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 234 | 209 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)
- Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1184 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 35% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 44.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)
- Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1168 | 1302 |
| ForecastBench | 57.7 | — |

## Math

- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)
- Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1185 | 1300 |

## Knowledge

- Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)
- Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1144 | 1286 |

## Multilingual

- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)
- Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1206 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1151 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1123 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1074 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1044 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1142 | 1315 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)
- Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1158 | 1278 |

## Long Context

- Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)
- Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1157 | 1297 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)
- Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-110B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1175 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1148 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1160 | 1311 |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen1.5-110B better than Yi-Lightning?

Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen1.5-110B or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Qwen1.5-110B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.0 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-110B and Yi-Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen1.5-110B has 20 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.