Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3.8 Max vs Yi-34B

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.8 Max scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 61.7 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 92.7% for Qwen3.8 Max and 14.7% for Yi-34B.
  • Yi-34B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)01.AI
Noometry Index56.827.8
Released2026-08-022023-11-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked3923

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Coding15021112
DeepSWE57.5%—
LMArena WebDev1674—
FrontierSWE17.8%—
SciCode53.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14), Yi-34B: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
APEX-Agents63.3%—
τ²-bench Banking55.1%—
GDP.pdf23.2%—

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14961104
Epoch Capabilities Index156.41117.39
NYT Connections (extended)88.3%—
CritPt20%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles38%—
DTBench92%—
LMCA46.2%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Math14991114
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 446.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench58%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
GPQA Diamond92.7%14.7%
LMArena Expert15071061
SimpleQA Verified47.3%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75), Yi-34B: —

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Vision1314—
Furniture Assembly20%—

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14721079
LMArena Chinese15381176
LMArena French15031081
LMArena German14831042
LMArena Japanese1467993
LMArena Korean1461959
LMArena Russian14811050
LMArena Spanish14921070

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14791091

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14891094

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxYi-34B
LMArena Text14831129
LMArena Creative Writing14791108
LMArena Multi-Turn14891113

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.8 Max better than Yi-34B?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.8 Max or Yi-34B better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.8 Max and Yi-34B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.8 Max has 39 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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