Model comparison

Command R+ vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 28.9.
  • Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command R+ and Gemini 4 Argon specifications
Command R+Gemini 4 Argon
ProviderCohereGoogle
Noometry Index32.456.5
Released2024-08-302026-09-30
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3421

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Coding11871550
LMArena WebDev—1678
FrontierSWE—55%
SciCode—61.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R+: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents—82.2%
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Hard Prompts11861548
SimpleBench17.4%—
CritPt—27.1%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
DTBench54.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Math11881536
ProofBench—99%
LiveBench Math21.3%—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert11741553
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
MMLU69.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R+: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
Blueprint-Bench 2—54.4%

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English12161523
LMArena Chinese12261610
LMArena Russian12271537
LMArena Spanish11891497
LMArena French1209—
LMArena German1216—
LMArena Japanese1166—
LMArena Korean1138—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following11971538
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query12301549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text12291534
LMArena Creative Writing12351531
LMArena Multi-Turn12131557
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R+ or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemini 4 Argon share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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