# Falcon-40B vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

> Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#244); Falcon-40B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-40b-vs-nova-2-0-pro-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- Falcon-40B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Falcon-40B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | — | 33.4 |
| Rank | — | 244 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Falcon-40B: —
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)

| Benchmark | Falcon-40B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Falcon-40B: —
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)

| Benchmark | Falcon-40B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |

## Reasoning

- Falcon-40B: —
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)

| Benchmark | Falcon-40B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 104.45 | — |
| HellaSwag | 85.3% | — |
| LAMBADA | 77.3% | — |
| PIQA | 83% | — |
| WinoGrande | 76.9% | — |

## Math

- Falcon-40B: —
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | Falcon-40B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 33.8% | — |

## Knowledge

- Falcon-40B: —
- Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

| Benchmark | Falcon-40B | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 61.9% | — |
| BoolQ | 83.1% | — |
| MMLU | 56.9% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 79.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Falcon-40B better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#244); Falcon-40B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Falcon-40B and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-40B has 12 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.