Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation InstituteSummary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Yi-Lightning in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Yi-Lightning leads 50.2 to 29.1.
- Falcon-180B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1312 |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1302 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1300 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1286 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Yi-Lightning leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1320 |
| LMArena French | — | 1305 |
| LMArena German | — | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1315 |
Instruction Following Yi-Lightning leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1278 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1311 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Yi-Lightning share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.