🇦🇪 UAE🧠 GeneralistReleased September 2023
Falcon 180B
TII
Open-sourceFreeSelf-host
Verdict
A solid pick for self-hosting and full data control.
Overview
Falcon 180B is developed by Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute. Heavily used in the MENA region and Arabic-language apps. Older than newer models, performance trailing, but remains one of the historic open-source pillars.
Skill profile
Arena Elo1147
Verified benchmarks
MMLU70.5%
HumanEval35%
What do these scores mean?
MMLU70.5%very good
General knowledge across dozens of academic subjects.
HumanEval35%fair
Python code generation from specifications.
Strengths
- Has a free tier
- Open-source and self-hostable
Limitations
- Average speed
- No native GDPR guarantee
- Light safety filters
Who is it for
A good fit if…
- you want to control cost or self-host
Skip it if…
- you handle sensitive EU data
- you need very fast responses
- you want strict guardrails
Ideal use cases
- Arabic-language apps
- MENA sovereignty
- Academic research
Access & availability
Free tier availableSelf-hostable (open weights)
Key specifications
Context
4K
Input price
—
Output price
—
Speed
30 tok/s
Price not auditedBenchmarks not audited
Privacy
Not GDPR-compliantHosting : AE/selfAnonymizable data
Advanced data · for expertsArchitecture, modalities, detailed cost, full benchmarks▾
Advanced data · for experts
Architecture, modalities, detailed cost, full benchmarks
Architecture
Dense
Size
180B
Cutoff date
Mar 2023
Inputs
text
Outputs
text, code
License
apache-2
Hosting
AE/self
Hallucination score
2/5
Estimated cost (API)
Typical exchange (~3k in / 1k out)
Not disclosed
1M in + 1M out
Not disclosed
All benchmarks
| Arena Elo | 1147 |
| MMLU | 70.5% |
| GPQA | — |
| HumanEval | 35.0% |
| SWE-Bench | — |
| MATH | — |