Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Yi-Lightning

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Yi-Lightning 01.AI

37.1

Rank #209 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-Lightning in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Sol leads 87.2 to 36.2.

Side by side

GPT-6 Sol and Yi-Lightning specifications
GPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
ProviderOpenAI01.AI
Noometry Index61.837.1
Released2026-09-222024-12-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked4518

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
LMArena Coding14471312
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
Aider Polyglot—12.9%
LMArena WebDev1688—
SciCode57.6%—
ALE-Bench2,462—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Yi-Lightning: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
APEX-Agents54.3%—
GDP.pdf26.4%—
Vending-Bench 214,428—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts14181302
ARC-AGI-289.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt30.9%—
EBR-Bench53.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA59.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.72—

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
LMArena Math14021300
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 490%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench83%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
LMArena Expert14391286
GPQA Diamond94.3%—
SimpleQA Verified60.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Yi-Lightning: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
LMArena Vision1245—
Blueprint-Bench 236.9%—
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
LMArena Non-English13851269
LMArena Chinese14051320
LMArena French14101305
LMArena German13901267
LMArena Japanese13851228
LMArena Korean13411192
LMArena Russian14011255
LMArena Spanish13841315

Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following14121278

Long Context GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
LMArena Longer Query14111297

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolYi-Lightning
LMArena Text13951302
LMArena Creative Writing13781280
LMArena Multi-Turn14121311
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Yi-Lightning?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Sol or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Yi-Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.

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