Falcon (TII) vs Perplexity Comet

Which one should you pick? Here's the full breakdown.

Falcon (TII)

7.1/10

UAE's Technology Innovation Institute open-weights family -- Falcon 3 optimized for efficient sub-10B deployment on consumer hardware

Our Pick

Perplexity Comet

8.4/10

Perplexity's agentic AI browser -- FREE on all platforms as of 2026-03-18 (previously $200/mo Max-only). iOS, Android, Windows, Mac. Browses the web, executes multi-step tasks, and summarizes pages in-line. Comet Plus ($5/mo) adds premium publisher content

Category	Falcon (TII)	Perplexity Comet
Ease of Use	7.0	8.0
Output Quality	6.5	8.0
Value	9.0	9.5
Features	6.0	8.0
Overall	7.1	8.4

Pricing Comparison

Feature	Falcon (TII)	Perplexity Comet
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Starting Price	$0	$0

Benchmark Head-to-Head

Falcon 3 10B benchmarks — Perplexity Comet has no published benchmarks

Benchmark	Description	Score
MMLU	Knowledge across 57 subjects	73.1%
GPQA Diamond	Graduate-level science questions	42.5%
HumanEval	Python code generation	73.8%
MATH	Math problem solving	55.4%

Which Should You Pick?

Pick Falcon (TII) if...

Developers who need a genuinely Apache-2.0 small model for on-device or edge deployment, or who need strong Arabic/multilingual support.

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Pick Perplexity Comet if...

✓Higher output quality (8 vs 6.5)
✓Easier to use (8 vs 7)
✓More features (8 vs 6)

Users who already use Perplexity for search and want an agent browser that can complete multi-step tasks (booking, research, shopping, document summarization) across tabs. Also a strong introduction to the AI-browser category for anyone curious but unwilling to pay $200/mo for a preview -- the 2026-03-18 free rollout makes evaluation risk-free.

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Our Verdict

Perplexity Comet is the clear winner here with 8.4/10 vs 7.1/10. Falcon (TII) isn't bad, but Perplexity Comet outperforms it across the board. Pick Falcon (TII) only if developers who need a genuinely apache-2.