Model comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Command R
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 6 categories and Command R in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads 52.9 to 38.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Coding: 67.1% for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and 17.9% for Command R.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Cohere |
| Noometry Index | 34.6 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2024-06-20 | 2024-08-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 60 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.0 (#165), Command R: 29.3 (#306)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.8% | 37.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | 67.1% | 17.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1342 | 1169 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58.6% | 45.2% |
| Aider Polyglot | 51.6% | — |
| GSO | 4.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 40% | — |
| CadEval | 48% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 81.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 32.3 (#67), Command R: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 24% | — |
| Cybench | 17.5% | — |
| BALROG | 32.6% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 23.1 (#183), Command R: 13.8 (#331)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 56.7% | 21.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1305 | 1164 |
| DTBench | 67.8% | 46.4% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 55% | 33.3% |
| LiveBench | 59% | 27.5% |
| SimpleBench | 41.4% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.9% | — |
| LMCA | — | 9.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.55 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.7 | — |
Math Command R leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 19.2 (#288), Command R: 28.0 (#246)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 52.3% | 19.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1155 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 8.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 27.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 56.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 2.1% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Command R leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.6 (#245), Command R: 31.0 (#221)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1265 | 1138 |
| MMLU | 87.3% | 65.2% |
| GPQA Diamond | 55.3% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 19.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 56.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.5 (#120), Command R: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1125 | — |
| Video-MME | 60% | — |
| GeoBench | 62% | — |
| VPCT | 33% | — |
Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.2 (#185), Command R: 35.7 (#245)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1283 | 1174 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1272 | 1182 |
| LMArena French | 1305 | 1162 |
| LMArena German | 1297 | 1176 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1234 | 1143 |
| LMArena Korean | 1200 | 1163 |
| LMArena Russian | 1306 | 1174 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1290 | 1151 |
Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 68.8 (#182), Command R: 58.1 (#261)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.3% | 55.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1167 |
| IFEval | 85.5% | — |
Long Context Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#167), Command R: 36.3 (#231)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1311 | 1198 |
Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 52.9 (#164), Command R: 38.2 (#254)
| Benchmark | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Command R |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1298 | 1187 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1292 | 1170 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1326 | 1163 |
| LiveBench Language | 53.8% | 16.7% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 80.3% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1451 | — |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet better than Command R?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Command R better for coding?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Command R share?
28 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Command R has 29.