Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Qwen3.8 27B
Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 27B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.8 27B leads 65.8 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 46.0 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2026-08-14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.30 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1593 |
| SciCode | — | 46.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1482 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 47.5% |
Reasoning Qwen3.8 27B leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1460 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | 149.38 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 42.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 54.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 87.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| DTBench | — | 88% |
| LMCA | — | 41.4% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 45% |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 16% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1456 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1482 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1271 |
Multilingual Qwen3.8 27B leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1430 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1504 |
| LMArena French | — | 1465 |
| LMArena German | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1393 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1448 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.8 27B leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1439 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1450 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 27B leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1384 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1441 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1671 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Qwen3.8 27B?
Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Qwen3.8 27B share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 31.