Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Command R
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Command R in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command R leads 25.8 to 8.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 51.9% for Claude 2 and 46.4% for Command R.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Command R | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Cohere |
| Noometry Index | 24.7 | 31.0 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2024-08-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Command R: 28.8 (#301)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 17.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1170 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 45.2% |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 20.8 (#213), Command R: 13.3 (#329)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 46.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 21.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1164 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 33.3% |
| LMCA | — | 9.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.08 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 27.5% |
Math Command R leads
Claude 2: 8.7 (#314), Command R: 25.8 (#244)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 19.4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1155 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Command R leads
Claude 2: 17.0 (#282), Command R: 30.5 (#219)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 78.5% | 65.2% |
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1138 |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Command R: 35.9 (#240)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1174 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1182 |
| LMArena French | — | 1161 |
| LMArena German | — | 1176 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1143 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1162 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1174 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1150 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Command R: 58.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 55.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1167 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Command R: 36.3 (#226)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1198 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Command R: 38.4 (#248)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1187 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1170 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1163 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 16.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Command R?
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 24.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Command R share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Command R has 29.