Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 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 Nova 2 Lite in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova 2 Lite leads 53.9 to 29.1.
- Falcon-180B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1385 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1364 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1358 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1364 |
| LMArena French | — | 1381 |
| LMArena German | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1373 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1335 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1338 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Nova 2 Lite share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.