Model comparison

Qwen3.5-9B vs Yi-34B

Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.5-9B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.3

Rank #235 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.4

Rank #325 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5-9B scores higher in 4 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 46.0 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 79% for Qwen3.5-9B and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

Qwen3.5-9B and Yi-34B specifications
Qwen3.5-9BYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index33.327.4
Released2026-02-232023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.15—
Results tracked1023

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5-9B leads

Qwen3.5-9B: 35.3 (#213), Yi-34B: 31.8 (#269)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BYi-34B
SciCode27.5%—
LMArena Coding—1112

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: 14.4 (#143), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BYi-34B
Terminal-Bench9.2%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads

Qwen3.5-9B: 22.5 (#178), Yi-34B: 20.3 (#222)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BYi-34B
Epoch Capabilities Index139.45117.28
CritPt0.3%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1104
DTBench71.2%—
LMCA24.5%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Qwen3.5-9B leads

Qwen3.5-9B: 33.5 (#174), Yi-34B: 19.8 (#277)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BYi-34B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions48.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202561.7%—
LMArena Math—1114
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen3.5-9B leads

Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#77), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BYi-34B
GPQA Diamond79%14.7%
LMArena Expert—1061
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: —, Yi-34B: 29.9 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BYi-34B
LMArena Non-English—1079
LMArena Chinese—1175
LMArena French—1080
LMArena German—1042
LMArena Japanese—993
LMArena Korean—959
LMArena Russian—1050
LMArena Spanish—1070

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: —, Yi-34B: 56.4 (#269)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following—1091

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: —, Yi-34B: 33.2 (#259)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query—1094

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: —, Yi-34B: 34.3 (#268)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BYi-34B
LMArena Text—1129
LMArena Creative Writing—1108
LMArena Multi-Turn—1113

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.5-9B better than Yi-34B?

Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.5-9B or Yi-34B better for coding?

Qwen3.5-9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.3 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5-9B and Yi-34B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5-9B has 10 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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