Model comparison

GPT-4o vs Yi-1.5-34B

Yi-1.5-34B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.5

Rank #316 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.2

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o 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 writing & preference, where GPT-4o leads 52.8 to 37.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 53.3% for GPT-4o and 25.5% for Yi-1.5-34B.
  • Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4o and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
GPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
ProviderOpenAI01.AI
Noometry Index28.530.2
Released2024-05-132024-05-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7221

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Category by category

Coding Yi-1.5-34B leads

GPT-4o: 25.1 (#323), Yi-1.5-34B: 31.9 (#267)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
BigCodeBench Instruct51.1%33.9%
LMArena Coding12971169
BigCodeBench Complete61.1%43.8%
SWE-bench Verified31%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21.6%—
Aider Polyglot45.3%—
GSO0%—
WeirdML25.1%—
LiveBench Coding51.4%—
CadEval26%—
HumanEval+87.2%—
MBPP+72.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4o: 20.8 (#133), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
GDPval9.9%—
TheAgentCompany8.6%—
Cybench12.5%—
BALROG32.3%—
LMArena Search1006—
METR Time Horizons40.8%—

Reasoning Yi-1.5-34B leads

GPT-4o: 9.4 (#338), Yi-1.5-34B: 21.5 (#195)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts12811160
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench17.8%—
ARC-AGI-14.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles13%—
EnigmaEval0.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning55.8%—
DTBench64.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA16.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index128.97—
ForecastBench57.7—
LiveBench55.3%—

Math Yi-1.5-34B leads

GPT-4o: 10.2 (#303), Yi-1.5-34B: 25.3 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math12851182
MATH Level 553.3%25.5%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.4%—
Omni-MATH29.3%—
LiveBench Math49.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%—

Knowledge GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 28.8 (#235), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#290)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond49.2%32%
LMArena Expert12501144
Humanity's Last Exam2.7%—
SimpleQA Verified26%—
MMLU-Pro71.3%—
Confabulations15.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52%—
MMLU88.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4o: 33.9 (#85), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Vision1137—
Video-MME71.9%—
GeoBench71%—
VPCT40%—
ScienceQA88.5%—

Multilingual GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 43.4 (#181), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.5 (#251)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English12831121
LMArena Chinese12771213
LMArena French13031155
LMArena German12821111
LMArena Japanese12571021
LMArena Korean12341005
LMArena Russian12861091
LMArena Spanish12921120

Instruction Following GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 66.8 (#202), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.4 (#252)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following12781139
LiveBench Instruction Following68.6%—
IFEval81.7%—

Long Context GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 39.4 (#174), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#243)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query12891144
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 52.8 (#160), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.6 (#252)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oYi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text13001173
LMArena Creative Writing12911135
LMArena Multi-Turn13021153
Short-Story Creative Writing81.8%—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language47.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4o better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Yi-1.5-34B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4o or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

Yi-1.5-34B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.9 versus 25.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4o and Yi-1.5-34B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o has 72 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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