Model comparison
Command R+ vs Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
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GoogleSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 43.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 5% for Command R+ and 35% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 40.8 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-03-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 4K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 38 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1400 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1256 |
| SciCode | — | 41.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 52.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 797.73 |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R+: —, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 37.3% |
Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1407 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 76.8% |
| LMCA | 5% | 35% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 144.47 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 67.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 8.2% |
| CritPt | — | 1.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 25% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 3% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 63.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 54.4 |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1428 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 27.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 80% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | 8.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1398 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 81.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8.6% |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1240 |
Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1411 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1461 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1424 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1429 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1392 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1420 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1421 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1377 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1394 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1416 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1401 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1417 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better for coding?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38.