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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Yi-Lightning

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Yi-Lightning 01.AI

37.1

Rank #209 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-Lightning in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 25.9.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
ProviderGoogle01.AI
Noometry Index54.137.1
Released2026-07-212024-12-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4618

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Coding14911312
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
Aider Polyglot—12.9%
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Yi-Lightning: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts14851302
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Math15051300
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Expert14881286
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Yi-Lightning: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Non-English14691269
LMArena Chinese15311320
LMArena French15041305
LMArena German14781267
LMArena Japanese14761228
LMArena Korean14311192
LMArena Russian14871255
LMArena Spanish14751315

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following14661278

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Longer Query14741297

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Text14791302
LMArena Creative Writing14651280
LMArena Multi-Turn14811311
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Yi-Lightning?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Yi-Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.

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