LLM Reference

Yi 1 9B

yi-1-9b

Researched 2d ago

Last refreshed 2026-05-19. Next refresh: weekly.

Open Source

Yi 1 9B has model metadata, but missing tracked provider pricing keeps it from being a default production pick.

Decision context: Coding task fit, 0 tracked provider routes, and research from 2026-05-19.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating general LLM work
  • Workloads that can use a 4K context window

Do not use it for

  • Cost-sensitive launches that need sourced token pricing
  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
  • Strict JSON or tool-calling flows

Cheapest output

-

No tracked output price

Provider routes

0

No provider route in seed

Quality / dollar

Unknown

No task benchmark coverage yet

Freshness

2026-05-19

Researched 2d ago

fresh

Top use-case fit

No primary decision-task fit is mapped for this model yet.

Provider price ladder

No tracked provider token pricing is available for this model yet.

Benchmark peer barsfor Coding

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

About

Yi 1 9B is 01.AI's Yi (2023/11) model. Weights are openly available for self-hosting.

Yi 1 9B has a 4K-token context window.

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

Rankings

Specifications

Released2024-01-16
Parameters9
Context4K
Knowledge cutoff2023-06

Created by

Developing AI for creative and generative tasks.

Beijing, China
Founded 2023
Website