Model comparison
Command R+ vs Gemini 2.0 Pro
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 2.0 Pro in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 75.5 to 60.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 21.3% for Command R+ and 71% for Gemini 2.0 Pro.
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Gemini 2.0 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-02-05 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | 63.5% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 35.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | 60.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | 68% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 135.06 |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | 65.1% |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | 71% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 83.5% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.7% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | — |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | 83.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | — |
Long Context Command R+ leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 41.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | 44.9% |
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Gemini 2.0 Pro?
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command R+ or Gemini 2.0 Pro better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemini 2.0 Pro share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14.