Model comparison

Command R+ vs ERNIE 5.1

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and ERNIE 5.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.1 to 43.5.
  • Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command R+ and ERNIE 5.1 specifications
Command R+ERNIE 5.1
ProviderCohereBaidu
Noometry Index32.443.8
Released2024-08-30—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3419

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+ERNIE 5.1
LMArena Coding11871488
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R+: —, ERNIE 5.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+ERNIE 5.1
LMArena Search—1227

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+ERNIE 5.1
LMArena Hard Prompts11861481
SimpleBench17.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)—23.4%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
DTBench54.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+ERNIE 5.1
LMArena Math11881481
LiveBench Math21.3%—

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+ERNIE 5.1
LMArena Expert11741492
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
MMLU69.4%—

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+ERNIE 5.1
LMArena Non-English12161454
LMArena Chinese12261508
LMArena French12091488
LMArena German12161470
LMArena Japanese11661422
LMArena Korean11381427
LMArena Russian12271459
LMArena Spanish11891473

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+ERNIE 5.1
LMArena Instruction Following11971460
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+ERNIE 5.1
LMArena Longer Query12301462

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+ERNIE 5.1
LMArena Text12291468
LMArena Creative Writing12351441
LMArena Multi-Turn12131471
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than ERNIE 5.1?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R+ or ERNIE 5.1 better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and ERNIE 5.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and ERNIE 5.1 has 19.

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