Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Ministral 8B
Falcon-180B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
Mistral AISummary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 1 category and Ministral 8B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Ministral 8B leads 39.6 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1202 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1170 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Ministral 8B leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1195 |
Instruction Following Ministral 8B leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1161 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Ministral 8B leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Ministral 8B?
Falcon-180B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Ministral 8B share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.