Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Step 3
Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
StepFunSummary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Step 3 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Step 3 leads 54.3 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Step 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 40.5 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| 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: —, Step 3: 40.1 (#147)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1367 |
Reasoning Step 3 leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1355 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 62.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Step 3: 37.6 (#148)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1366 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Step 3: 36.8 (#164)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1333 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1177 |
Multilingual Step 3 leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Step 3: 46.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1327 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena German | — | 1371 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1371 |
Instruction Following Step 3 leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Step 3: 70.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1332 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Step 3: 40.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Step 3 leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1350 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1321 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1341 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Step 3?
Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Step 3 share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.