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Falcon 3 10B vs Molmo 72B

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

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Falcon 3 10B specs · Molmo 72B specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceTie

    Neither model publishes per-token API pricing.

  • Context windowFalcon 3 10B

    Falcon 3 10B accepts 32K tokens vs 4K, 8.0× the room for long documents and codebases.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesMolmo 72B

    Molmo 72B supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for Falcon 3 10B.

  • OpennessTie

    Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

It's a genuine coin-flip between Falcon 3 10B and Molmo 72B: 1 category wins each, with the rest tied. Neither model publishes per-token API pricing. Falcon 3 10B accepts 32K tokens vs 4K, 8.0× the room for long documents and codebases.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Falcon 3 10B handles text while Molmo 72B handles text, vision, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

Falcon 3 10B is the newer of the two, released 3 months after Molmo 72B, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Falcon 3 10B is usually picked for multilingual and open source llm workloads, while Molmo 72B sees more deployments in vision and open source llm. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecFalcon 3 10BMolmo 72B
ProviderOtherOther
ReleasedDec 2024Sep 2024
Modalitiestexttext, vision
Context window32K tokens4K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1MPricing not publishedPricing not published
Output · 1MPricing not publishedPricing not published
Knowledge cutoff,,
Open weightsYes (Falcon LLM License)Yes (Apache-2.0)
API availableNoNo

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day, vs ,
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs ,
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs ,

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Falcon 3 10BPricing unavailable
  • Molmo 72BPricing unavailable

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Benchmark scores not yet available. We only publish numbers we can source from official model cards or independent leaderboards, see methodology.
Pick Falcon 3 10B if

Falcon 3 10B fits when…

  • Multilingual incl. Arabic
  • Open weights
  • Long-context tasks, handles 32K tokens vs 4K for Molmo 72B.
Pick Molmo 72B if

Molmo 72B fits when…

  • Fully open (data + code + weights)
  • Apache-2.0
  • Multimodal needs covering vision.
Don't want either?

Consider DBRX

Databricks' 132B MoE, a notable 2024 open-weight release tuned for enterprise.

See DBRX specsFalcon 3 10B vs DBRXMolmo 72B vs DBRX

Frequently asked

  • Is Falcon 3 10B or Molmo 72B cheaper?
    Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Falcon 3 10B accepts 32K tokens vs 4K for Molmo 72B.
  • Is Falcon 3 10B or Molmo 72B better for coding?
    Both Falcon 3 10B and Molmo 72B are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Both ship with open weights. Falcon 3 10B is licensed under Falcon LLM License; Molmo 72B under Apache-2.0.
  • When were Falcon 3 10B and Molmo 72B released?
    Falcon 3 10B was released by Other on 2024-12-17. Molmo 72B was released by Other on 2024-09-25.
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