Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Llama 3.2 1B
Falcon-180B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
MetaSummary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 4 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Falcon-180B leads 29.3 to 21.4.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 19.9 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 60K |
| Max output | — | 54K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.027 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 20.6 (#333)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 8.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1071 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 11.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 14.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 10.8% |
| BALROG | — | 6.6% |
Reasoning Falcon-180B leads
Falcon-180B: 18.3 (#266), Llama 3.2 1B: 15.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1044 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.89 | 101.95 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 9.7 (#308)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1086 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#307)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 23.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1007 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Falcon-180B leads
Falcon-180B: 25.3 (#281), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.9 (#287)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 958 |
| LMArena German | — | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 941 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Falcon-180B: 53.6 (#281), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.6 (#285)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1031 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#269)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1050 |
Writing & Preference Falcon-180B leads
Falcon-180B: 29.3 (#290), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.4 (#305)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 3.2 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1055 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1030 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 200 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Llama 3.2 1B?
Falcon-180B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 19.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Llama 3.2 1B share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.