# Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Yi-Lightning

> Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-5-122b-a10b-vs-yi-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-Lightning in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads 39.1 to 27.4.
- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 119 | 209 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | — |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#162)
- Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1436 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1360 | — |
| SciCode | 35.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 27.2 (#123)
- Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1421 | 1302 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 51.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0.9% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 51.2% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 17% | — |
| DTBench | 84.3% | — |
| LMCA | 32.2% | — |

## Math

- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#112)
- Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1300 |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#142)
- Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1432 | 1286 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.6 (#57)
- Yi-Lightning: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1245 | — |

## Multilingual

- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.6 (#107)
- Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1400 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1462 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1442 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1426 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1367 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1352 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1400 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1424 | 1315 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 73.8 (#115)
- Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1399 | 1278 |

## Long Context

- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#109)
- Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1410 | 1297 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.0 (#105)
- Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1368 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1416 | 1311 |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better than Yi-Lightning?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen3.5 122B-A10B or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and Yi-Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.