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  3. Qwen3 235B vs Yi-Large

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Qwen3 235B vs Yi-Large benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Qwen3 235B delivers higher overall intelligence and human-preferred responses (Elo 1,440 vs 1,430), while Qwen3 235B leads in SWE-bench software engineering benchmarks (59.4%), while Yi-Large is more budget-friendly at $0.3/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose Qwen3 235B if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Yi-Large if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

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

Qwen3 235B (6)Yi-Large (3)
Qwen3 235B
6 of 9 Wins
✓Preference Elo✓LiveBench✓SWE-bench✓GPQA Diamond✓Input price✓Context window
Yi-Large
3 of 9 Wins
✓Time to first token✓Output speed✓Output price
Alibaba
Leads 6 of 9 metrics
Qwen3 235B

Open-weight Qwen3 mixture-of-experts.

235B MoEElo 1,440$0.88/1M out
01.AI
Leads 3 of 9 metrics
Yi-Large

01.AI full-scale dense model for complex instruction following.

Elo 1,430$0.3/1M out

Qwen 3 Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

4 models

Currently comparing Qwen3 235B vs Yi-Large. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Qwen3 235B
Qwen 3 Max$4.8Qwen QwQ 32B$1.2Qwen3.8 27B$0.4
Top Rival Showdowns for Qwen3 235B
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference LeaderQwen3 235B Wins

Qwen3 235B

Δ 10 Arena Elo pts

Throughput LeaderYi-Large Wins

Yi-Large

90 tok/s

Value per Dollar LeaderYi-Large Wins

Yi-Large

$0.3 / 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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Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

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

Qwen3 235B (6)vsYi-Large (4)
Qwen3 235B: 6W (60%)Overall: Qwen3 235BYi-Large: 4W (40%)
← Qwen3 235BYi-Large →
🏆Qwen3 235B(4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Benchmark
Qwen3 235BvsYi-Large
Preference Elo
1,440vs1,430+10
Coding Elo
—vs1,410
SWE-bench
59.4%vs53.8%+5.6%
LiveBench
63.5%vs60.5%+3%
GPQA Diamond
76.8%vs72.4%+4.4%
Qwen3 235B: 4WYi-Large: 1W
🏆Yi-Large(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Qwen3 235BvsYi-Large
Output speed
74 tok/svs90 tok/s+16 tok/s
Time to first token
320 msvs220 ms+100 ms
Qwen3 235B: 0WYi-Large: 2W
🏆Qwen3 235B(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Qwen3 235BvsYi-Large
Output price
$0.88/1Mvs$0.3/1M+$0.58/1M
Input price
$0.22/1Mvs$0.3/1M+$0.08/1M
Context window
131kvs33k+98k
Qwen3 235B: 2WYi-Large: 1W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo+10
Qwen3 235B1,440
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Yi-Large1,430
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Coding Elo
Qwen3 235B—
Yi-Large1,410
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
LiveBench+3%
Qwen3 235B63.5%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Yi-Large60.5%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
SWE-bench+5.6%
Qwen3 235B59.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Yi-Large53.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
GPQA Diamond+4.4%
Qwen3 235B76.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Yi-Large72.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Time to first token+100 ms
Qwen3 235B320 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Yi-Large220 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output speed+16 tok/s
Qwen3 235B74 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Yi-Large90 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Input price+$0.08/1M
Qwen3 235B$0.22/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Yi-Large$0.3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Output price+$0.58/1M
Qwen3 235B$0.88/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Yi-Large$0.3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Context window+98k
Qwen3 235B131k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Yi-Large33k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
BenchmarkQwen3 235BYi-LargeAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,440
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1,430
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+10
Coding Elo—
1,410
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
—
LiveBench
63.5%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
60.5%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+3%
SWE-bench
59.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
53.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+5.6%
GPQA Diamond
76.8%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
72.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+4.4%
Time to first token
320 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
220 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+100 ms
Output speed
74 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
90 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+16 tok/s
Input price
$0.22/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+$0.08/1M
Output price
$0.88/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+$0.58/1M
Context window
131k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
33k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
+98k
Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

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

Save up to 28% with Yi-Large
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Qwen3 235B$20.90 / mo
In: $7.7Out: $13.2
Yi-Large$15.00 / mo
In: $10.5Out: $4.5
Estimated Cost Delta

Yi-Large is estimated to save $5.90/month ($71/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    Qwen3 235B:Pick Qwen3 235B when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
  • 2
    Yi-Large:Pick Yi-Large when you are optimizing output cost.
  • 3
    Yi-Large:Pick Yi-Large when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen3 235B

Higher SWE-bench (59.4%).

High-volume chatYi-Large

Lower output list price ($0.3/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIYi-Large

Lower TTFT (220 ms).

Long-document RAGQwen3 235B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionQwen3 235B

Qwen3 235B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsQwen3 235BHigher SWE-bench (59.4%).
High-volume chatYi-LargeLower output list price ($0.3/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIYi-LargeLower TTFT (220 ms).
Long-document RAGQwen3 235BLarger window (131k).
Screenshots / visionQwen3 235BQwen3 235B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

View all news
launchSep 20, 2025

Qwen3 235B: the open MoE Qwen, not the Max SKU

Sep 2025 open-weight mixture-of-experts. Self-host path. Don’t confuse it with Qwen 3 Max.

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Qwen3 235B

Elo 1,440
SWE-bench59.4%
Speed (tok/s)74 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$0.22/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.88/1M
01.AI

Yi-Large

Elo 1,430
SWE-bench53.8%
Speed (tok/s)90 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$0.3/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.3/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Qwen3 235B or Yi-Large?
Qwen3 235B has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,440). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Qwen3 235B or Yi-Large?
Qwen3 235B leads SWE-bench at 59.4% vs 53.8%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Yi-Large output tokens are $0.3/1M versus $0.88/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Qwen3 235B or Yi-Large?
Yi-Large has the lower time-to-first-token (220 ms vs 320 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?
Qwen3 235B accepts 131k tokens versus 33k.
Can I self-host either model?
Qwen3 235B 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. Qwen3 235B and Yi-Large Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Related news

  • launch · Sep 20, 2025

    Qwen3 235B: the open MoE Qwen, not the Max SKU

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