Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
NVIDIASummary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 66.3 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2026-06-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1468 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 22.7% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1452 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | 146.17 |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1457 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1472 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1497 |
| LMArena French | — | 1472 |
| LMArena German | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1386 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1418 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1437 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1398 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1411 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.