Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 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 Max Preview in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 29.1.
- Falcon-180B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1483 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1474 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1489 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1534 |
| LMArena French | — | 1484 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1467 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.