Model comparison

Command R+ vs Granite 4.0 Micro

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 107× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R+'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

29.0

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R+ leads 36.4 to 9.9.
  • Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
  • Granite 4.0 Micro accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Command R+ and Granite 4.0 Micro specifications
Command R+Granite 4.0 Micro
ProviderCohereIBM
Noometry Index32.429.0
Released2024-08-302025-10-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K131K
Max output4K118K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.017
Output $ / M tokens$10$0.11
Results tracked348

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Granite 4.0 Micro
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
LMArena Coding1187—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Granite 4.0 Micro
SimpleBench17.4%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1186—
DTBench54.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math Command R+ leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Granite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.8%
Omni-MATH—20.9%
LiveBench Math21.3%—
LMArena Math1188—

Knowledge Command R+ leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Granite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond—28.3%
MMLU-Pro—39.5%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
GPQA (HELM)—30.7%
LMArena Expert1174—
MMLU69.4%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English1216—
LMArena Chinese1226—
LMArena French1209—
LMArena German1216—
LMArena Japanese1166—
LMArena Korean1138—
LMArena Russian1227—
LMArena Spanish1189—

Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Granite 4.0 Micro
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—
IFEval—84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following1197—

Long Context Not comparable

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query1230—

Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text1229—
LMArena Creative Writing1235—
WildBench—67%
LMArena Multi-Turn1213—
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 107× 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 Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

Which has the bigger context window?

Granite 4.0 Micro does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.

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