Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
NVIDIASummary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 40.0 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1375 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1337 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1356 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1359 |
| LMArena French | — | 1366 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1318 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.