# Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct vs Yi-34B

> Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-vs-yi-34b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct 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 Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 37.0 to 7.5.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.1 | 27.8 |
| Rank | 190 | 329 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $7.50 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
- Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

| Benchmark | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1412 | 1112 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 55.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1275 | — |
| GSO | 4.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 41.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 461.45 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.44 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
- Yi-34B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 27.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
- Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

| Benchmark | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1372 | 1104 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 49.5% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 117.39 |

## Math

- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
- Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

| Benchmark | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1365 | 1114 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 5.1% |
| GSM8K | — | 76% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
- Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

| Benchmark | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1338 | 1061 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 14.7% |
| MMLU | — | 76.3% |

## Multilingual

- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
- Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

| Benchmark | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1346 | 1079 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1357 | 1176 |
| LMArena French | 1398 | 1081 |
| LMArena German | 1325 | 1042 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1310 | 993 |
| LMArena Korean | 1305 | 959 |
| LMArena Russian | 1366 | 1050 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1360 | 1070 |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
- Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

| Benchmark | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1355 | 1091 |

## Long Context

- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
- Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

| Benchmark | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1378 | 1094 |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
- Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

| Benchmark | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | Yi-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1357 | 1129 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1108 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1365 | 1113 |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better than Yi-34B?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or Yi-34B better for coding?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct and Yi-34B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.