Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Yi-Lightning
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-Lightning in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 52.1 to 42.4.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.6 | 36.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 210K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208), Yi-Lightning: 27.0 (#315)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1313 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1263 | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290), Yi-Lightning: 24.9 (#137)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1302 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.42 | — |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113), Yi-Lightning: 33.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1300 |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123), Yi-Lightning: 34.8 (#182)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | 1286 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64), Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93), Yi-Lightning: 42.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1405 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1443 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1304 |
| LMArena German | 1453 | 1267 |
| LMArena Korean | 1387 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1396 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | 1315 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87), Yi-Lightning: 67.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1278 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1414 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113), Yi-Lightning: 50.4 (#178)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1372 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 1311 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Yi-Lightning?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 27.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Yi-Lightning share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.