Model comparison

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Falcon-180B

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 4 categories and Falcon-180B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 49.8 to 29.1.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Falcon-180B specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Falcon-180B
ProviderDeepSeekTechnology Innovation Institute
Noometry Index37.632.2
Released2024-09-062023-09-06
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked2216

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Falcon-180B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Falcon-180B
Aider Polyglot17.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%—
LMArena Coding1309—
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%—
HumanEval+83.5%—
MBPP+74.1%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Falcon-180B
LMArena Hard Prompts12891007
Epoch Capabilities Index—112.13
HellaSwag—89%
LAMBADA—79.8%
PIQA—84.9%
WinoGrande—87.1%

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Falcon-180B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Falcon-180B
LMArena Math1288—
GSM8K—54.4%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Falcon-180B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Falcon-180B
LMArena Expert1266—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—67.8%
BoolQ—89%
MMLU—70.6%
OpenBookQA—64.2%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Falcon-180B
LMArena Non-English12731000
LMArena Chinese1318—
LMArena French1289—
LMArena German1258—
LMArena Japanese1228—
LMArena Korean1209—
LMArena Russian1289—
LMArena Spanish1248—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Falcon-180B
LMArena Instruction Following12801047

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Falcon-180B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Falcon-180B
LMArena Longer Query1301—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Falcon-180B
LMArena Text12941054
LMArena Creative Writing12851089
LMArena Multi-Turn12971013

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Falcon-180B?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Falcon-180B share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Falcon-180B has 16.

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