# QwQ-32B vs Yi-Lightning

> QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwq-32b-vs-yi-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. QwQ-32B scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-Lightning in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where QwQ-32B leads 49.0 to 39.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Aider Polyglot: 20.9% for QwQ-32B and 12.9% for Yi-Lightning.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | QwQ-32B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.8 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 159 | 209 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)
- Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 20.9% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1333 | 1312 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 44.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 72.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)
- Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1325 | 1302 |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 83.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 137.6 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.3 | — |
| LiveBench | 72% | — |

## Math

- QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)
- Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1300 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 59.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 77.8% | — |

## Knowledge

- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)
- Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1324 | 1286 |
| GPQA Diamond | 65.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 15.6% | — |

## Multilingual

- QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)
- Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1305 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1378 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1336 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1313 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1262 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1279 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1297 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1354 | 1315 |

## Instruction Following

- QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)
- Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1278 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 81.8% | — |

## Long Context

- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
- Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1297 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 83.3% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)
- Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

| Benchmark | QwQ-32B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1329 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | 1311 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 80.2% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1257 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.4% | — |

## FAQ

### Is QwQ-32B better than Yi-Lightning?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is QwQ-32B or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do QwQ-32B and Yi-Lightning share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. QwQ-32B has 36 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.