Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Step 5 Preview
Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 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 5 Preview in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Step 5 Preview leads 62.8 to 29.1.
- Falcon-180B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 47.9 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2026-09-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.02M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.70 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Step 5 Preview: 51.8 (#36)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1564 |
| SciCode | — | 58.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1480 |
Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Step 5 Preview: 40.0 (#57)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1465 |
| CritPt | — | 20.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Step 5 Preview: 46.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 42% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1470 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Step 5 Preview: 41.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1470 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Step 5 Preview: 41.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1267 |
Multilingual Step 5 Preview leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Step 5 Preview: 53.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1432 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1519 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1439 |
Instruction Following Step 5 Preview leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Step 5 Preview: 76.0 (#50)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1444 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Step 5 Preview: 44.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1455 |
Writing & Preference Step 5 Preview leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Step 5 Preview: 62.8 (#71)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1442 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1410 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1447 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Step 5 Preview?
Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Step 5 Preview share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 18.