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Model comparison

Qwen3.6 Flash vs Yi-Lightning

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.4

Rank #176 Confirmed

Yi-Lightning 01.AI

36.5

Rank #206 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 34.8.

Side by side

Qwen3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index38.436.5
Released2026-04-272024-12-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.19—
Output $ / M tokens$1.13—
Results tracked1318

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-Lightning: 27.0 (#315)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
Aider Polyglot—12.9%
LMArena Coding—1313
ALE-Bench326.4—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90), Yi-Lightning: 24.9 (#137)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
SimpleBench35.2%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1302
Mystery Game Puzzles18%—
DTBench77.1%—
LMCA31%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.26—

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88), Yi-Lightning: 33.5 (#173)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)22.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202584.4%—
LMArena Math—1300
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)10.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90), Yi-Lightning: 34.8 (#182)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
SimpleQA Verified15.9%—
LMArena Expert—1286

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-Lightning: 42.4 (#191)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Non-English—1269
LMArena Chinese—1320
LMArena French—1304
LMArena German—1267
LMArena Japanese—1228
LMArena Korean—1192
LMArena Russian—1255
LMArena Spanish—1315

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-Lightning: 67.6 (#191)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following—1278

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#176)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Longer Query—1297

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Flash: —, Yi-Lightning: 50.4 (#178)

BenchmarkQwen3.6 FlashYi-Lightning
LMArena Text—1302
LMArena Creative Writing—1280
LMArena Multi-Turn—1311

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.6 Flash better than Yi-Lightning?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Flash and Yi-Lightning share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Flash has 13 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.

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