Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Yi-Lightning benchmark

Name: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Yi-Lightning AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this head-to-head showdown, Yi-Lightning delivers higher overall intelligence and human-preferred responses (Elo 1,475 vs 1,425), while Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B leads in SWE-bench software engineering benchmarks (65.2%), while Yi-Lightning is more budget-friendly at $0.14/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

10 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (3)Yi-Lightning (7)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

3 of 10 Wins

✓Coding Elo✓SWE-bench✓Context window

Yi-Lightning

7 of 10 Wins

✓Preference Elo✓LiveBench✓GPQA Diamond✓Time to first token✓Output speed✓Input price✓Output price

Alibaba

Leads 3 of 10 metrics

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Elo 1,425$0.72/1M out

01.AI

Leads 7 of 10 metrics

Yi-Lightning

01.AI ultra-fast reasoning model delivering top LiveBench efficiency.

LightningElo 1,475$0.14/1M out

Top Rival Showdowns for Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

All Matchups

Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5 vs GPT-5 vs Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.6 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro

Preference LeaderYi-Lightning Wins

Yi-Lightning

Δ 50 Arena Elo pts

Throughput LeaderYi-Lightning Wins

Yi-Lightning

130 tok/s

Value per Dollar LeaderYi-Lightning Wins

Yi-Lightning

$0.14 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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Percentile 0–100

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (3)vsYi-Lightning (7)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 3W (30%)Overall: Yi-LightningYi-Lightning: 7W (70%)

← Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BYi-Lightning →

🏆Yi-Lightning(3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BvsYi-Lightning

Preference Elo

1,425vs1,475+50

Coding Elo

1,495vs1,480+15

SWE-bench

65.2%vs63.4%+1.8%

LiveBench

64.8%vs65%+0.2%

GPQA Diamond

74%vs78%+4%

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2WYi-Lightning: 3W

🏆Yi-Lightning(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BvsYi-Lightning

Output speed

110 tok/svs130 tok/s+20 tok/s

Time to first token

180 msvs150 ms+30 ms

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 0WYi-Lightning: 2W

🏆Yi-Lightning(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BvsYi-Lightning

Output price

$0.72/1Mvs$0.14/1M+$0.58/1M

Input price

$0.18/1Mvs$0.14/1M+$0.04/1M

Context window

131kvs16k+115k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 1WYi-Lightning: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo+50

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,425

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning1,475

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Coding Elo+15

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B1,495

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning1,480

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

LiveBench+0.2%

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B64.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning65%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

SWE-bench+1.8%

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B65.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning63.4%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

GPQA Diamond+4%

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B74%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning78%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Time to first token+30 ms

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B180 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning150 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Output speed+20 tok/s

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B110 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning130 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Input price+$0.04/1M

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.18/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning$0.14/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Output price+$0.58/1M

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$0.72/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning$0.14/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Context window+115k

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B131k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Yi-Lightning16k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Benchmark	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Yi-Lightning	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,425 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	1,475 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+50
Coding Elo	1,495 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	1,480 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+15
LiveBench	64.8% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	65% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+0.2%
SWE-bench	65.2% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	63.4% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+1.8%
GPQA Diamond	74% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	78% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+4%
Time to first token	180 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	150 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+30 ms
Output speed	110 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	130 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+20 tok/s
Input price	$0.18/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.14/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+$0.04/1M
Output price	$0.72/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	$0.14/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+$0.58/1M
Context window	131k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	16k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+115k

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 59% with Yi-Lightning

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$17.10 / mo

In: $6.3Out: $10.8

Yi-Lightning$7.00 / mo

In: $4.9Out: $2.1

Estimated Cost Delta

Yi-Lightning is estimated to save $10.10/month ($121/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B:Pick Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Yi-Lightning:Pick Yi-Lightning when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Yi-Lightning:Pick Yi-Lightning when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).

High-volume chatYi-Lightning

Lower output list price ($0.14/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIYi-Lightning

Lower TTFT (150 ms).

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionYi-Lightning

Yi-Lightning is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).
High-volume chat	Yi-Lightning	Lower output list price ($0.14/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Yi-Lightning	Lower TTFT (150 ms).
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Yi-Lightning	Yi-Lightning is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Verified Head-to-Head Telemetry

LIVE BENCHMARK

Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Elo 1,425

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed (tok/s)110 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.18/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.72/1M

01.AI

Yi-Lightning

Elo 1,475

SWE-bench63.4%

Speed (tok/s)130 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.14/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.14/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Yi-Lightning?: Yi-Lightning has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,475). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Yi-Lightning?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B leads SWE-bench at 65.2% vs 63.4%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Yi-Lightning output tokens are $0.14/1M versus $0.72/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Yi-Lightning?: Yi-Lightning has the lower time-to-first-token (150 ms vs 180 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B accepts 131k tokens versus 16k.
Can I self-host either model?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and Yi-Lightning Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

All Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B matchups →|All Yi-Lightning matchups →

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Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B vs Yi-Lightning benchmark

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

Tap any node to inspect

Percentile 0–100

Benchmark

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Yi-Lightning

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,425

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

1,475

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+50

Coding Elo

1,495

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

1,480

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+15

LiveBench

64.8%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

65%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+0.2%

SWE-bench

65.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

63.4%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+1.8%

GPQA Diamond

74%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

78%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+4%

Time to first token

180 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

150 ms

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+30 ms

Output speed

110 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

130 tok/s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+20 tok/s

Input price

$0.18/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.14/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+$0.04/1M

Output price

$0.72/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

$0.14/1M

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+$0.58/1M

Context window

131k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

16k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

+115k

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).

High-volume chatYi-Lightning

Lower output list price ($0.14/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIYi-Lightning

Lower TTFT (150 ms).

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionYi-Lightning

Yi-Lightning is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).
High-volume chat	Yi-Lightning	Lower output list price ($0.14/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Yi-Lightning	Lower TTFT (150 ms).
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Yi-Lightning	Yi-Lightning is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Yi-Lightning?

Yi-Lightning has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,475). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Yi-Lightning?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B leads SWE-bench at 65.2% vs 63.4%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Yi-Lightning output tokens are $0.14/1M versus $0.72/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B or Yi-Lightning?

Yi-Lightning has the lower time-to-first-token (150 ms vs 180 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B accepts 131k tokens versus 16k.

Can I self-host either model?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B and Yi-Lightning Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.