Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Grok 4.1
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 32.2 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 Grok 4.1 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.4 to 29.1.
- Falcon-180B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 41.5 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2025-11-17 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1214 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1445 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 39% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1435 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1422 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1417 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1465 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1438 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1400 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1437 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Grok 4.1?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Grok 4.1 share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.