# DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus vs Falcon-180B

> DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.6 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v3-1-terminus-vs-falcon-180b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 6

## Summary

- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus scores higher in 4 categories and Falcon-180B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads 61.3 to 29.3.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Falcon-180B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Technology Innovation Institute |
| Noometry Index | 42.6 | 31.8 |
| Rank | 96 | 254 |
| Context | 164K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.30 | — |
| Output $/M | $1 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 41.5 (#114)
- Falcon-180B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Falcon-180B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 40.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1426 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 745.17 | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 25.7 (#126)
- Falcon-180B: 18.3 (#266)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Falcon-180B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1427 | 1007 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.4% | — |
| CritPt | 1.7% | — |
| DTBench | 81.3% | — |
| LMCA | 28.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 111.89 |
| HellaSwag | — | 89% |
| LAMBADA | — | 79.8% |
| PIQA | — | 84.9% |
| WinoGrande | — | 87.1% |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 35.7 (#138)
- Falcon-180B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Falcon-180B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1402 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 54.4% |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: —
- Falcon-180B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Falcon-180B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 67.8% |
| BoolQ | — | 89% |
| MMLU | — | 70.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 64.2% |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 52.3 (#87)
- Falcon-180B: 25.3 (#281)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Falcon-180B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1407 | 1000 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 74.4 (#96)
- Falcon-180B: 53.6 (#281)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Falcon-180B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1406 | 1047 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 43.5 (#88)
- Falcon-180B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Falcon-180B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1426 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 61.3 (#87)
- Falcon-180B: 29.3 (#290)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Falcon-180B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1054 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1404 | 1089 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1411 | 1013 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus better than Falcon-180B?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.6 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus and Falcon-180B share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus has 16 scored results on Noometry and Falcon-180B has 16.