Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.2 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 Plus in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Plus leads 52.2 to 29.1.
- Falcon-180B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1328 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Qwen Plus share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.