Model comparison
Command R+ vs Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
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GoogleSummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.6 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.9 to 8.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 54.9% for Command R+ and 95.5% for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 54.1 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-07-21 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 4K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.75 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $3.75 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 46 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R+: 28.6 (#304), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1492 |
| DeepSWE | — | 46.7% |
| FrontierCode | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1536 |
| SciCode | — | 52.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 56.1% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 715.52 |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R+: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 46.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 14% |
Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R+: 8.9 (#341), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1486 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 95.5% |
| LMCA | 5% | 44.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.28 | 154.36 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 89% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 91.2% |
| CritPt | — | 10.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 43% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 30% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R+: 26.6 (#239), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1504 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 58.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 22% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 70.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 94.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 36% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R+: 35.9 (#165), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 94.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 66.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1297 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 31.2% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 23.3% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1456 |
Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R+: 38.8 (#222), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1470 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1530 |
| LMArena French | 1208 | 1501 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1478 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1477 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1435 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1490 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1477 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R+: 60.2 (#249), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1467 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#214), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1475 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Command R+: 43.7 (#223), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1478 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1481 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1604 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Gemini 3.6 Flash better for coding?
Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemini 3.6 Flash share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46.