Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Yi-1.5-34B
Yi-1.5-34B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 5 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Yi-1.5-34B leads 27.5 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 53.8% for Claude 3 Sonnet and 43.8% for Yi-1.5-34B.
- Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 30.6 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2024-05-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Yi-1.5-34B leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | 33.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1169 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | 43.8% |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Yi-1.5-34B leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1160 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Yi-1.5-34B leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1182 |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | 25.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
Knowledge Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | 32% |
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1144 |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Yi-1.5-34B: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1213 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1156 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1021 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1005 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1091 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1121 |
Instruction Following Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1139 |
Long Context Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1143 |
Writing & Preference Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Yi-1.5-34B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1173 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1135 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1153 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Yi-1.5-34B?
Yi-1.5-34B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?
Yi-1.5-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.4 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Yi-1.5-34B share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.