# Falcon-180B vs Qwen3.8 27B

> Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 7

## Summary

- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 27B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.8 27B leads 65.8 to 29.1.

## Snapshot

| | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 46.0 |
| Rank | 260 | 68 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.04 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Falcon-180B: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1593 |
| SciCode | — | 46.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1482 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Falcon-180B: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 47.5% |

## Reasoning

- Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1460 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | 149.38 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 42.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 54.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 87.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| DTBench | — | 88% |
| LMCA | — | 41.4% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 45% |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |

## Math

- Falcon-180B: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 16% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1456 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Falcon-180B: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1482 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Falcon-180B: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1271 |

## Multilingual

- Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1430 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1504 |
| LMArena French | — | 1465 |
| LMArena German | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1393 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1448 |

## Instruction Following

- Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1439 |

## Long Context

- Falcon-180B: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1450 |

## Writing & Preference

- Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1384 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1441 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1671 |

## FAQ

### Is Falcon-180B better than Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Qwen3.8 27B share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 31.