Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 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 Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads 60.0 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 42.1 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3.20 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#162)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1360 |
| SciCode | — | 35.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1436 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 27.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1421 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 51.7% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 51.2% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 84.3% |
| LMCA | — | 32.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#112)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1432 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1432 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1245 |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.6 (#107)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1400 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1462 |
| LMArena French | — | 1442 |
| LMArena German | — | 1426 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1367 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1352 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1400 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1424 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 73.8 (#115)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1399 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1410 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.0 (#105)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1368 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1416 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.