# Falcon-180B vs Gemma 2B

> Falcon-180B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-gemma-2b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 4 categories and Gemma 2B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Falcon-180B leads 29.1 to 24.0.

## Snapshot

| | Falcon-180B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Google |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 29.6 |
| Rank | 260 | 307 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Falcon-180B: —
- Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1010 |
| HumanEval+ | — | 20.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 34.1% |

## Reasoning

- Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269)
- Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 989 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | 94.2 |
| HellaSwag | 89% | 71.4% |
| PIQA | 84.9% | 77.3% |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | 65.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 35.2% |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |

## Math

- Falcon-180B: —
- Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 54.4% | 17.7% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1009 |

## Knowledge

- Falcon-180B: —
- Gemma 2B: —

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | 42.1% |
| BoolQ | 89% | 69.4% |
| MMLU | 70.6% | 42.3% |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
| TriviaQA | — | 53.2% |

## Multilingual

- Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286)
- Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 958 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 986 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 937 |

## Instruction Following

- Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286)
- Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 970 |

## Long Context

- Falcon-180B: —
- Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 981 |

## Writing & Preference

- Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295)
- Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Gemma 2B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1002 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 987 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 945 |

## FAQ

### Is Falcon-180B better than Gemma 2B?

Falcon-180B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Gemma 2B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.