Model comparison

Falcon-180B vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 7 shared benchmarks.

Falcon-180B

Technology Innovation Institute

32.2

Rank #260 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max

Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 67.1 to 29.1.
Falcon-180B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Falcon-180B and Qwen3.8 Max specifications
	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
Provider	Technology Innovation Institute	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	32.2	56.8
Released	2023-09-06	2026-08-02
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	—	1M
Max output	—	131K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$2
Output $ / M tokens	—	$6
Results tracked	16	39

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
DeepSWE	—	57.5%
LMArena WebDev	—	1674
FrontierSWE	—	17.8%
SciCode	—	53.2%
LMArena Coding	—	1502

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents	—	63.3%
τ²-bench Banking	—	55.1%
GDP.pdf	—	23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts	1007	1496
Epoch Capabilities Index	112.13	156.41
NYT Connections (extended)	—	88.3%
CritPt	—	20%
Chess Puzzles	—	40%
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	38%
DTBench	—	92%
LMCA	—	46.2%
HellaSwag	89%	—
LAMBADA	79.8%	—
PIQA	84.9%	—
WinoGrande	87.1%	—

Math Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4	—	46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	100%
ProofBench	—	58%
LMArena Math	—	1499
GSM8K	54.4%	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond	—	92.7%
SimpleQA Verified	—	47.3%
LMArena Expert	—	1507
ARC (AI2) Challenge	67.8%	—
BoolQ	89%	—
MMLU	70.6%	—
OpenBookQA	64.2%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision	—	1314
Furniture Assembly	—	20%

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English	1000	1472
LMArena Chinese	—	1538
LMArena French	—	1503
LMArena German	—	1483
LMArena Japanese	—	1467
LMArena Korean	—	1461
LMArena Russian	—	1481
LMArena Spanish	—	1492

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following	1047	1479

Long Context Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query	—	1489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Falcon-180B	Qwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text	1054	1483
LMArena Creative Writing	1089	1479
LMArena Multi-Turn	1013	1489

Frequently asked questions

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