# Falcon-180B vs Llama 13b

> Falcon-180B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-llama-13b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 4 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Falcon-180B leads 53.6 to 36.9.

## Snapshot

| | Falcon-180B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 23.9 |
| Rank | 254 | 344 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Falcon-180B: —
- Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 683 |

## Reasoning

- Falcon-180B: 18.3 (#266)
- Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 728 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.89 | 100.09 |
| HellaSwag | 89% | 79.2% |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | 75.2% |
| PIQA | 84.9% | 80.1% |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | 73% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 37.9% |

## Math

- Falcon-180B: —
- Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 54.4% | 20.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 838 |

## Knowledge

- Falcon-180B: —
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | 52.7% |
| BoolQ | 89% | 78.7% |
| MMLU | 70.6% | 47.7% |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | 56.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 77.9% |

## Multimodal

- Falcon-180B: —
- Llama 13b: —

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 43.3% |

## Multilingual

- Falcon-180B: 25.3 (#281)
- Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 819 |

## Instruction Following

- Falcon-180B: 53.6 (#281)
- Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 781 |

## Writing & Preference

- Falcon-180B: 29.3 (#290)
- Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 834 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 794 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 753 |

## FAQ

### Is Falcon-180B better than Llama 13b?

Falcon-180B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Llama 13b share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.