Model comparison
Command R+ vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct
Command R+ and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 32.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 22.1 to 9.2.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 32.4 |
| 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 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1186 |
| 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+: —, Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1145 |
| 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 Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1152 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Command R+ leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1142 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Command R+ leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1099 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1145 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1092 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |
Instruction Following Command R+ leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1131 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Command R+ leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1162 |
Writing & Preference Command R+ leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1150 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1129 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1108 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?
Command R+ and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 32.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Command R+ or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.