Noometry

Model comparison

Command R+ vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 22.0 to 9.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 21.3% for Command R+ and 58.1% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite.
  • Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
ProviderCohereGoogle
Noometry Index32.437.8
Released2024-08-302025-02-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3432

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LiveBench Coding19.1%47.1%
LMArena Coding11871322
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%50.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts11861324
DTBench54.9%52.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%65.5%
LiveBench31.8%54.3%
SimpleBench17.4%—
LMCA5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34—
ForecastBench—57.1

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LiveBench Math21.3%58.1%
LMArena Math11881309
Omni-MATH—37.4%

Knowledge Command R+ leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Expert11741305
MMLU-Pro—72%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
GPQA (HELM)—50%
MMLU69.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R+: —, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Vision—1100

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Non-English12161323
LMArena Chinese12261339
LMArena French12091347
LMArena German12161306
LMArena Japanese11661301
LMArena Korean11381325
LMArena Russian12271328
LMArena Spanish11891313

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%78.3%
LMArena Instruction Following11971305
IFEval—82.4%

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Longer Query12301320

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Text12291330
LMArena Creative Writing12351319
LMArena Multi-Turn12131307
LiveBench Language29.7%34.3%
WildBench—79%

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R+ or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32.

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