Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Yi-1.5-34B

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Yi-1.5-34B 01.AI

30.6

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-1.5-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.6 leads 63.3 to 14.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 94% for Grok 4.6 and 32% for Yi-1.5-34B.
  • Yi-1.5-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6 and Yi-1.5-34B specifications
Grok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
ProviderxAI01.AI
Noometry Index56.930.6
Released2026-08-122024-05-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked4921

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.4 (#272)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Coding14651169
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—43.8%
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Yi-1.5-34B: 22.5 (#191)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14471160
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Yi-1.5-34B: 27.5 (#249)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Math14231182
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—
MATH Level 5—25.5%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Yi-1.5-34B: 14.8 (#295)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
GPQA Diamond94%32%
LMArena Expert14671144
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Yi-1.5-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Yi-1.5-34B: 32.3 (#256)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Non-English14201121
LMArena Chinese14801213
LMArena French14611156
LMArena German14311111
LMArena Japanese13761021
LMArena Korean13971005
LMArena Russian14221091
LMArena Spanish14041121

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Yi-1.5-34B: 59.2 (#257)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14311139

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Yi-1.5-34B: 34.6 (#248)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Longer Query14541143

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Yi-1.5-34B: 37.4 (#257)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Yi-1.5-34B
LMArena Text14281173
LMArena Creative Writing14281135
LMArena Multi-Turn14251153

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Yi-1.5-34B?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.6 or Yi-1.5-34B better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 32.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Yi-1.5-34B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Yi-1.5-34B has 21.

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