# Qwen3.6 Flash vs Yi-Lightning

> Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-6-flash-vs-yi-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 34.8.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.4 | 36.5 |
| Rank | 176 | 206 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.19 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.13 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Qwen3.6 Flash: —
- Yi-Lightning: 27.0 (#315)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1313 |
| ALE-Bench | 326.4 | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)
- Yi-Lightning: 24.9 (#137)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 35.2% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 20% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1302 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 18% | — |
| DTBench | 77.1% | — |
| LMCA | 31% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 143.26 | — |

## Math

- Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)
- Yi-Lightning: 33.5 (#173)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 22.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 84.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1300 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 10.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)
- Yi-Lightning: 34.8 (#182)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 15.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1286 |

## Multilingual

- Qwen3.6 Flash: —
- Yi-Lightning: 42.4 (#191)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1320 |
| LMArena French | — | 1304 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen3.6 Flash: —
- Yi-Lightning: 67.6 (#191)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1278 |

## Long Context

- Qwen3.6 Flash: —
- Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#176)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1297 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen3.6 Flash: —
- Yi-Lightning: 50.4 (#178)

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Flash | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1311 |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3.6 Flash better than Yi-Lightning?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Flash and Yi-Lightning share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.