Model comparison

Command R+ vs Granite 4.2 8B

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 11 shared benchmarks.

Command R+

Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.5

Rank #148 Confirmed

Summary

They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.2 8B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 8B leads 26.6 to 9.2.
Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
Granite 4.2 8B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Command R+ and Granite 4.2 8B specifications
	Command R+	Granite 4.2 8B
Provider	Cohere	IBM
Noometry Index	32.4	40.5
Released	2024-08-30	—
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	128K	131K
Max output	4K	118K
Input $ / M tokens	$2.50	$0.06
Output $ / M tokens	$10	$0.25
Results tracked	34	11

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.2 8B leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Coding	1187	1380
BigCodeBench Instruct	33.8%	—
LiveBench Coding	19.1%	—
BigCodeBench Complete	41.9%	—
HumanEval+	56.7%	—
MBPP+	63.5%	—

Reasoning Granite 4.2 8B leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts	1186	1329
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 8B: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Granite 4.2 8B
LiveBench Math	21.3%	—
LMArena Math	1188	—

Knowledge Granite 4.2 8B leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Expert	1174	1384
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.9%	—
MMLU	69.4%	—

Multilingual Granite 4.2 8B leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Non-English	1216	1302
LMArena Chinese	1226	1366
LMArena Russian	1227	1285
LMArena French	1209	—
LMArena German	1216	—
LMArena Japanese	1166	—
LMArena Korean	1138	—
LMArena Spanish	1189	—

Instruction Following Granite 4.2 8B leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Instruction Following	1197	1301
LiveBench Instruction Following	57.6%	—

Long Context Granite 4.2 8B leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Longer Query	1230	1324

Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 8B leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Text	1229	1320
LMArena Creative Writing	1235	1236
LMArena Multi-Turn	1213	1301
LiveBench Language	29.7%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Granite 4.2 8B?

Granite 4.2 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Granite 4.2 8B?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is Command R+ or Granite 4.2 8B better for coding?

Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Granite 4.2 8B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Granite 4.2 8B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 8B has 11.