Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Yi-Lightning

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

Yi-Lightning 01.AI

37.1

Rank #209 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-Lightning in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 50.2.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
ProviderGoogle01.AI
Noometry Index40.837.1
Released2026-03-032024-12-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$1.50—
Results tracked3818

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
LMArena Coding14001312
Aider Polyglot—12.9%
LMArena WebDev1256—
SciCode41.9%—
WeirdML52.2%—
ALE-Bench797.73—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Yi-Lightning: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—

Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts14071302
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
EnigmaEval3%—
Thematic Generalization63.3%—
DTBench76.8%—
LMCA35%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.47—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
LMArena Math14281300
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
LMArena Expert13981286
GPQA Diamond81.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Yi-Lightning: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
LMArena Vision1240—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
LMArena Non-English14111269
LMArena Chinese14611320
LMArena French14241305
LMArena German14291267
LMArena Japanese14131228
LMArena Korean13921192
LMArena Russian14201255
LMArena Spanish14211315

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following13771278

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
LMArena Longer Query13941297

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteYi-Lightning
LMArena Text14161302
LMArena Creative Writing14011280
LMArena Multi-Turn14171311

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Yi-Lightning?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Yi-Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.

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