Noometry

Model comparison

Command R+ vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 50.2 to 9.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 5% for Command R+ and 47% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Command R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
ProviderCohereDeepSeek
Noometry Index32.452.8
Released2024-08-302026-09-09
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K1M
Max output4K393K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$10$0.60
Results tracked3437

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Coding11871506
LMArena WebDev—1619
SciCode—51.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
ALE-Bench—1,092
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R+: —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
APEX-Agents—39.5%
GDP.pdf—19.8%

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts11861483
DTBench54.9%89.9%
LMCA5%47%
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34154.9
SimpleBench17.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)—89.6%
CritPt—14.3%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—43%
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench—46.3%
LiveBench31.8%—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Math11881477
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—67.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4—26.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—98.3%
ProofBench—54%
LiveBench Math21.3%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Expert11741506
GPQA Diamond—89.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
MMLU69.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R+: —, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Vision—1277
Furniture Assembly—34.2%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Non-English12161448
LMArena Chinese12261497
LMArena French12091452
LMArena German12161484
LMArena Japanese11661412
LMArena Korean11381452
LMArena Russian12271471
LMArena Spanish11891459

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following11971474
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Longer Query12301475

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48)

BenchmarkCommand R+DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text12291462
LMArena Creative Writing12351435
LMArena Multi-Turn12131457
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1540
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Command R+ or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is Command R+ or DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37.

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