Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Command R+
Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 71× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R+'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 2 categories and Command R+ in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Amazon Nova Micro leads 16.7 to 8.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Language: 15.8% for Amazon Nova Micro and 29.7% for Command R+.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 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 | 29.9 | 32.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-08-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Max output | 10K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $10 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.0 (#289), Command R+: 28.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | 19.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1187 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 41.9% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 56.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 63.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 21.9 (#125), Command R+: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 16.7 (#289), Command R+: 8.9 (#341)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | 24.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1186 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | 38.1% |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | 31.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 17.4% |
| DTBench | — | 54.9% |
| LMCA | — | 5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.28 |
Math Command R+ leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 24.9 (#252), Command R+: 26.6 (#239)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | 21.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1188 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
Knowledge Command R+ leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.2 (#231), Command R+: 35.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | 6.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1174 |
| MMLU | 70.8% | 69.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multilingual Command R+ leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.7 (#234), Command R+: 38.8 (#222)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1226 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1208 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1216 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1166 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1138 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1227 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1189 |
Instruction Following Command R+ leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.6 (#267), Command R+: 60.2 (#249)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | 57.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1197 |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#224), Command R+: 37.3 (#214)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1206 | 1231 |
Writing & Preference Command R+ leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.7 (#242), Command R+: 43.7 (#223)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1229 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1235 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1213 |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | 29.7% |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Command R+?
Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 71× 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 $2.50 and $10.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Command R+ better for coding?
Amazon Nova Micro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.0 versus 28.6 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?
26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Command R+ has 34.