Model comparison

o1-mini vs Yi-34B

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-34B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1-mini leads 34.9 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 89.2% for o1-mini and 5.1% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Yi-34B specifications
o1-miniYi-34B
ProviderOpenAI01.AI
Noometry Index34.027.8
Released2024-09-122023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3923

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Coding13621112
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Yi-34B leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts13331104
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82117.39
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
ARC-AGI-114%—
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
LiveBench57.8%—

Math o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Math13581114
MATH Level 589.2%5.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
LiveBench Math62%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
GPQA Diamond62.4%14.7%
LMArena Expert13161061
Confabulations18.6%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Non-English12891079
LMArena Chinese13141176
LMArena French12931081
LMArena German12781042
LMArena Japanese1245993
LMArena Korean1223959
LMArena Russian12831050
LMArena Spanish13031070

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following13041091
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query13201094

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniYi-34B
LMArena Text13171129
LMArena Creative Writing12441108
LMArena Multi-Turn13141113
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Yi-34B?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Yi-34B better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Yi-34B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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