Model comparison

Command R+ vs GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R+ costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.2 Pro in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 51.5 to 9.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 17.4% for Command R+ and 57.4% for GPT-5.2 Pro.
  • Command R+ is cheaper at $2.50 / $10 per million input/output tokens, against $21 / $168 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
  • GPT-5.2 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 128K.
  • Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command R+ and GPT-5.2 Pro specifications
Command R+GPT-5.2 Pro
ProviderCohereOpenAI
Noometry Index32.452.3
Released2024-08-302025-12-11
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K400K
Max output4K128K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$21
Output $ / M tokens$10$168
Results tracked348

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+GPT-5.2 Pro
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
LMArena Coding1187—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+GPT-5.2 Pro
SimpleBench17.4%57.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34155.4
ARC-AGI-2—54.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—79.3%
ARC-AGI-1—90.5%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1186—
DTBench54.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+GPT-5.2 Pro
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46%
LiveBench Math21.3%—
LMArena Math1188—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—31.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+GPT-5.2 Pro
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
LMArena Expert1174—
MMLU69.4%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+GPT-5.2 Pro
LMArena Non-English1216—
LMArena Chinese1226—
LMArena French1209—
LMArena German1216—
LMArena Japanese1166—
LMArena Korean1138—
LMArena Russian1227—
LMArena Spanish1189—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+GPT-5.2 Pro
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—
LMArena Instruction Following1197—

Long Context Not comparable

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+GPT-5.2 Pro
LMArena Longer Query1230—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+GPT-5.2 Pro
LMArena Text1229—
LMArena Creative Writing1235—
LMArena Multi-Turn1213—
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than GPT-5.2 Pro?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R+ costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Command R+ or GPT-5.2 Pro?

Command R+ is cheaper. It lists at $2.50 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro lists at $21 and $168.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and GPT-5.2 Pro share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.2 Pro has 8.

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