Model comparison
Command R+ vs Gemma 2 2b IT
Command R+ and Gemma 2 2b IT score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 33.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 5 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 21.4 to 9.2.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Gemma 2 2b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 33.1 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 17 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1112 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1113 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1135 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Command R+ leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1096 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Command R+ leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1132 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1157 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1083 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1055 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1140 |
Instruction Following Command R+ leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1118 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Command R+ leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1130 |
Writing & Preference Command R+ leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1156 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1147 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1118 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Gemma 2 2b IT?
Command R+ and Gemma 2 2b IT score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 33.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Command R+ or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?
Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemma 2 2b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.