Falcon 180B
Falcon 180B is worth evaluating for classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating classification
- Buyers comparing 2 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
- Family
- Falcon
- Released
- 2023-11-28
- Parameters
- 180B
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Specialization
- general
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Unknown
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Fine-tuned
Cheapest of 2 routes · Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS
About
Falcon 180B is an advanced large language model developed by the Technology Innovation Institute in the UAE, featuring an impressive 180 billion parameters. It is trained on a vast dataset of 3.5 trillion tokens, positioning it amongst the top-performing LLMs worldwide. This open-source model excels in natural language processing tasks such as reasoning, coding, and knowledge retrieval, showing results comparable to leading closed-source models like Google's PaLM 2 Large. While Falcon 180B is publicly available and open for commercial use under a modified Apache 2.0 license, its deployment requires significant computational resources. The model is optimized through architectural enhancements like multiquery and multigroup attention, improving efficiency and performance. Falcon 180B is accessible via platforms such as Hugging Face, fostering collaboration and wider application integration.
Falcon 180B is an open-source model in the Falcon family. This page tracks provider routes through Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS and Scale AI GenAI Platform. Headline tracked benchmarks include Google-Proof Q&A 58.9, HellaSwag 92.7, and Massive Multitask Language Understanding 84.2.
Top use-case fit
Classification
2 relevant benchmarks in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
Compare all 2Compare API pricing across 2 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS | - | - | ServerlessPartial |
| Scale AI GenAI Platform | - | - | ServerlessPartial |
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
Benchmark peer barsfor Classification
Benchmark scores(3)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Evaluation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google-Proof Q&A | 58.9 | diamondObserved 2026-03-06 | — | Source |
| HellaSwag | 92.7 | 10-shotObserved 2026-03-06 | — | Source |
| Massive Multitask Language Understanding | 84.2 | 5-shotObserved 2026-03-06 | — | Source |
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
Rankings & picks(1)
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Frequently asked questions
When was Falcon 180B released?
Falcon 180B was released on 2023-11-28.
Which providers offer Falcon 180B?
Falcon 180B is available from 2 providers: Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS, Scale AI GenAI Platform.
What benchmarks has Falcon 180B been tested on?
Falcon 180B has been evaluated on 3 benchmarks, including Google-Proof Q&A, HellaSwag, Massive Multitask Language Understanding.
Cheapest of 2 routes · Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS