Model comparison
Command R+ vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 2 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command R+ leads 28.9 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 21.3% for Command R+ and 54.9% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | 46.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1287 |
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | 22.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | 54.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1272 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 65.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | 54.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 130.48 |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | 54.3% |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
Math Command R+ leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | 54.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 11.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |
Knowledge Command R+ leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1254 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1289 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1318 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1237 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1281 |
Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | 69.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1270 |
Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1290 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | 45.6% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command R+ or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?
27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.