Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 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-VL 235B-A22B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 60.2 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 43.2 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1439 |
Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1428 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1426 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1442 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1247 |
Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1463 |
| LMArena French | — | 1452 |
| LMArena German | — | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1408 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1428 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1406 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1420 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1366 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1428 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.