Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Qwen Max
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen Max in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 48.0 to 29.3.
- Falcon-180B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 34.4 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1288 |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Falcon-180B: 18.3 (#266), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1270 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.89 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Max leads
Falcon-180B: 25.3 (#281), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1254 |
| LMArena French | — | 1329 |
| LMArena German | — | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1290 |
Instruction Following Qwen Max leads
Falcon-180B: 53.6 (#281), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1262 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1289 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads
Falcon-180B: 29.3 (#290), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1277 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Qwen Max?
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Qwen Max share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.