Model comparison
Command R+ vs Ministral 3B
Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 44× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R+'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 2 categories and Ministral 3B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R+ leads 36.4 to 10.4.
- Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Ministral 3B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Ministral 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Max output | 4K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.10 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Ministral 3B leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 54.9% | 51.7% |
| LMCA | 5% | 5.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 118.1 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Command R+ leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |
Knowledge Command R+ leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | 7.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 25.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | — |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Ministral 3B: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Ministral 3B?
Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 44× 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 Ministral 3B?
Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 3B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Ministral 3B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.