Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Command R
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 5 categories and Command R in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Amazon Nova Micro leads 17.4 to 13.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 34.5% for Amazon Nova Micro and 19.4% for Command R.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.60 for Command R.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Command R | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Cohere |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-08-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Max output | 10K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Command R: 29.3 (#306)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | 17.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1169 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.1% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 45.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Command R: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Command R: 13.8 (#331)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | 21.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1164 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | 33.3% |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | 27.5% |
| DTBench | — | 46.4% |
| LMCA | — | 9.2% |
Math Command R leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Command R: 28.0 (#246)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | 19.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1155 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
Knowledge Command R leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Command R: 31.0 (#221)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1138 |
| MMLU | 70.8% | 65.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Command R: 35.7 (#245)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1174 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1182 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1162 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1176 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1143 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1163 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1174 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1151 |
Instruction Following Command R leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Command R: 58.1 (#261)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | 55.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1167 |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Command R: 36.3 (#231)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1198 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Command R: 38.2 (#254)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1187 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1170 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1163 |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | 16.7% |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Command R?
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Command R?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Command R lists at $0.15 and $0.60.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Command R better for coding?
Amazon Nova Micro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.5 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 128K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Command R share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Command R has 29.