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.
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+ | Gemini 4 Argon | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 56.5 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-09-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1550 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1678 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 55% |
| SciCode | — | 61.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R+: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)
| Benchmark | Command 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)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1548 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 27.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1536 |
| ProofBench | — | 99% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1553 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)
| Benchmark | Command 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)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1523 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1610 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1537 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1497 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1538 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1549 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1534 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1531 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1557 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
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.