# Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Yi-Large

> Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#320); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen2-5-7b-instruct-vs-yi-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Yi-Large in 1 category, but none of those gaps is larger than the uncertainty.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 320 | — |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.17 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.70 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
- Yi-Large: 36.7 (#203)

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.6% | 37.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 46.1% | 47.2% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 7.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 47.7% | — |
| LMCA | 6.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.51 | — |

## Math

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 29.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 72.9% | 79.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | 35.5% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 53.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 34.1% | — |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 74.1% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 73.1% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better than Yi-Large?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#320); Yi-Large does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Yi-Large better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (36.5 vs 36.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5 7B Instruct and Yi-Large share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Large has 3.