Model comparison
Command R+ vs Granite 4.2 3b
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 1 category and Granite 4.2 3b in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 26.0 to 9.2.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Granite 4.2 3b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 39.4 |
| 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 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1361 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 3b leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1306 |
| 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 Not comparable
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1315 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 3b leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1249 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.2 3b leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1273 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Granite 4.2 3b leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1291 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 3b leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1293 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1205 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1290 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Granite 4.2 3b?
Granite 4.2 3b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command R+ or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Granite 4.2 3b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.