Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 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-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1412 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1365 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1338 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1357 |
| LMArena French | — | 1398 |
| LMArena German | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1355 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.