# Falcon-180B vs Yi-Lightning

> Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-yi-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 6

## Summary

- 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.

## Snapshot

| | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 260 | 209 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Falcon-180B: —
- Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1312 |

## Reasoning

- 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

- Falcon-180B: —
- Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1300 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- 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

- 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

- Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286)
- Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1278 |

## Long Context

- Falcon-180B: —
- Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1297 |

## Writing & Preference

- 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 |

## FAQ

### 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.