Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 27B in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 50.3 to 29.3.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Qwen3.6 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 41.9 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2026-04-22 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3.60 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.6 27B: 38.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 37.3% |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 27B leads
Falcon-180B: 18.3 (#266), Qwen3.6 27B: 24.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.89 | 146.47 |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
| DTBench | — | 78.1% |
| LMCA | — | 34.5% |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.6 27B: 47.5 (#56)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 35.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#58)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.9% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Falcon-180B: 25.3 (#281), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Falcon-180B: 53.6 (#281), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 27B leads
Falcon-180B: 29.3 (#290), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#180)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1026 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Qwen3.6 27B?
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Qwen3.6 27B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.