Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Granite 4.1 8b
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation InstituteSummary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Granite 4.1 8b leads 48.3 to 29.3.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Granite 4.1 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 36.8 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 29.9 (#291)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1190 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1313 |
Reasoning Granite 4.1 8b leads
Falcon-180B: 18.3 (#266), Granite 4.1 8b: 24.6 (#142)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1294 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.89 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 33.8 (#167)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1311 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 35.5 (#171)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1310 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.1 8b leads
Falcon-180B: 25.3 (#281), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.8 (#199)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1261 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1335 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1238 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.1 8b leads
Falcon-180B: 53.6 (#281), Granite 4.1 8b: 67.0 (#198)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1268 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#188)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1275 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.1 8b leads
Falcon-180B: 29.3 (#290), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1291 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1249 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1269 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Granite 4.1 8b?
Granite 4.1 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.8 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Granite 4.1 8b share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.