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# Falcon-180B

> Falcon-180B by Technology Innovation Institute, released September 2023. Ranked #260 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 32.2. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/falcon-180b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Falcon-180B Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Falcon-180B by Technology Innovation Institute ranks 260th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 32.2. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 269th.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #260 of 354
- **Index score:** 32.2
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 16 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/tii.svg) Technology Innovation Institute](https://noometry.com/providers/tii)
- **Released:** September 6, 2023
- **Weights:** Open weights
- **Reasoning:** Unknown
- **Context window:** —
- **Max output:** —
- **Input price:** Not listed
- **Output price:** Not listed
- **Blended price:** Not listed
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** Not ranked
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Falcon-180B category scores

1.  Reasoning 19.1
2.  Multilingual 25.2
3.  Instruction Following 53.4
4.  Writing & Preference 29.1
5.  0204060

Falcon-180B category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 19.1 | #269 | 1 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 25.2 | #286 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 53.4 | #286 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 29.1 | #295 | 3 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Falcon-180B places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Falcon-180B: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 19.1 | −4.5 | #269 of 350, top 77% |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 53.4 | −17.9 | #286 of 305, top 94% |

### Weakest categories

Falcon-180B: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 25.2 | −22.2 | #286 of 297, top 97% |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 29.1 | −24.6 | #295 of 312, top 95% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Falcon-180B. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Falcon-180B
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Laguna M.1](https://noometry.com/models/laguna-m-1) | #256 | 32.5 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-laguna-m-1) |
| [Command R+](https://noometry.com/models/command-r-plus) | #257 | 32.4 | $4.38 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-falcon-180b) |
| [Granite 3.1 8b Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/granite-3-1-8b-instruct) | #258 | 32.4 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-granite-3-1-8b-instruct) |
| [Pixtral Large](https://noometry.com/models/pixtral-large) | #259 | 32.2 | $3 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-pixtral-large) |
| [Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-1-5-pro) | #261 | 32.1 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-gemini-1-5-pro) |
| [Gemma 3 12B](https://noometry.com/models/gemma-3-12b) | #262 | 32.1 | $0.075 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-gemma-3-12b) |
| [Mistral Large](https://noometry.com/models/mistral-large) | #263 | 31.9 | $3 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-mistral-large) |
| [Qwen3-4B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-4b) | #264 | 31.9 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-qwen3-4b) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Reasoning

Falcon-180B Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1007 | #290 of 297, top 98% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [Epoch Capabilities Index](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/epoch-capabilities-index) | 112.13 | #189 of 213, top 89% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/eci) | 2023-09-06 |
| [HellaSwag](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/hellaswag) | 89% | #4 of 29, top 14% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LAMBADA](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/lambada) | 79.8% | Best of 9 |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [PIQA](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/piqa) | 84.9% | #5 of 27, top 19% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [WinoGrande](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/winogrande) | 87.1% | #5 of 43, top 12% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Math

Falcon-180B Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GSM8K](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/gsm8k) | 54.4% | #19 of 38, top 50% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Knowledge

Falcon-180B Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ARC (AI2) Challenge](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arc-challenge) | 67.8% | #19 of 39, top 49% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [BoolQ](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/boolq) | 89% | Best of 23 |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [MMLU](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/mmlu) | 70.6% | #43 of 81, top 54% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [OpenBookQA](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/openbookqa) | 64.2% | #10 of 19, top 53% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Multilingual

Falcon-180B Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1000 | #286 of 297, top 97% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Instruction Following

Falcon-180B Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1047 | #283 of 298, top 95% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Writing & Preference

Falcon-180B Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1054 | #287 of 297, top 97% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1089 | #270 of 295, top 92% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1013 | #286 of 295, top 97% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

## Compare Falcon-180B

-   [Falcon-180B vs Pixtral Large](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-pixtral-large)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024)](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-gemini-1-5-pro)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-granite-3-1-8b-instruct)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Gemma 3 12B](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-gemma-3-12b)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Command R+](https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-falcon-180b)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Mistral Large](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-mistral-large)
-   [Falcon-180B vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-gpt-6-astra)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Claude Fable 5.1](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-falcon-180b)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-gemini-3-8-flash)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Kimi K3](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-kimi-k3)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Grok 4.6](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-grok-4-6)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Qwen3.8 Max](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-qwen3-8-max)
-   [Falcon-180B vs GLM-5.3](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-glm-5-3)
-   [Falcon-180B vs Muse Spark 1.3](https://noometry.com/compare/falcon-180b-vs-muse-spark-1-3)

## Other Technology Innovation Institute models

-   [Falcon 2 11B](https://noometry.com/models/falcon-2-11b)
-   [Falcon-40B](https://noometry.com/models/falcon-40b)
-   [Falcon-7B](https://noometry.com/models/falcon-7b)

## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Falcon-180B?

Falcon-180B by Technology Innovation Institute ranks 260th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 32.2. Its strongest category is reasoning, where it ranks 269th.

### Is Falcon-180B open source?

Yes. Falcon-180B's weights are downloadable; check the license for commercial terms.

### What are Falcon-180B's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Falcon-180B places best in reasoning, instruction following and lowest in multilingual, writing & preference.

### What is Falcon-180B best at?

Its best category is reasoning, where it ranks 269th on Noometry.

### Cite this page

Noometry. (2026). Falcon-180B benchmarks and pricing. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://noometry.com/models/falcon-180b

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