Noometry

Model comparison

Command R+ vs Gemma 3 4B

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 88× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R+'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Gemma 3 4B Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3 4B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R+ leads 36.4 to 11.8.
  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
  • Gemma 3 4B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Command R+Gemma 3 4B
ProviderCohereGoogle
Noometry Index32.428.1
Released2024-08-302025-03-12
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K131K
Max output4K4K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.04
Output $ / M tokens$10$0.08
Results tracked3422

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Coding11871230
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R+: —, Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemma 3 4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—19.6%

Reasoning Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Hard Prompts11861253
DTBench54.9%50.9%
LMCA5%2.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34116.02
SimpleBench17.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—25.2%
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math Command R+ leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Math11881239
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.5%
LiveBench Math21.3%—

Knowledge Command R+ leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemma 3 4B
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%6.4%
LMArena Expert11741223
GPQA Diamond—23.2%
MMLU69.4%—

Multilingual Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Non-English12161273
LMArena German12161281
LMArena Russian12271294
LMArena Chinese1226—
LMArena French1209—
LMArena Japanese1166—
LMArena Korean1138—
LMArena Spanish1189—

Instruction Following Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Instruction Following11971239
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context Gemma 3 4B leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Longer Query12301273

Writing & Preference Command R+ leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239)

BenchmarkCommand R+Gemma 3 4B
LMArena Text12291291
LMArena Creative Writing12351271
LMArena Multi-Turn12131255
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1068
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Gemma 3 4B?

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 88× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R+'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Gemma 3 4B?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is Command R+ or Gemma 3 4B better for coding?

Gemma 3 4B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 3 4B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemma 3 4B share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.

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