Yi 6B Chat
Yi 6B Chat is a released coding, long context, and classification model with open-source and 200k context; evaluate it while provider pricing coverage matures.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating coding, long context, and classification
- Workloads that can use a 200k 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
- Family
- Yi (2023/11)
- Released
- 2023-11-02
- Context
- 200k
- Parameters
- 6B
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2023-06
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Unknown
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Fine-tuned
No tracked provider token pricing is available yet.
About
Yi 6B Chat is 01.AI's Yi (2023/11) model. It offers a 200K-token context window and scores 35.4 on GPQA.
Yi 6B Chat is an open-source model in the Yi (2023/11) family. The structured metadata tracks a 200k-token context window. Headline tracked benchmarks include Google-Proof Q&A 35.4, HellaSwag 83.9, and HumanEval 51.2.
Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks
Coding
1 relevant benchmark in the decision map.
Long context
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Classification
2 relevant benchmarks in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
No tracked provider token pricing is available for this model yet.
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
Benchmark scores(4)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Evaluation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google-Proof Q&A | 35.4 | diamondObserved 2026-03-06 | — | Source |
| HellaSwag | 83.9 | 10-shotObserved 2026-03-06 | — | Source |
| HumanEval | 51.2 | pass@1Observed 2026-03-06 | — | Source |
| Massive Multitask Language Understanding | 61.8 | 5-shotObserved 2026-03-06 | — | Source |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Yi 6B Chat?
Yi 6B Chat has a context window of 200k tokens.
When was Yi 6B Chat released?
Yi 6B Chat was released on 2023-11-02.
What benchmarks has Yi 6B Chat been tested on?
Yi 6B Chat has been evaluated on 4 benchmarks, including Google-Proof Q&A, HellaSwag, HumanEval, Massive Multitask Language Understanding.