Model comparison
Command R+ vs Mistral
Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R+ leads 36.4 to 16.6.
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1162 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1149 |
| 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 Command R+ leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1180 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Command R+ leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Command R+ leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1143 |
Instruction Following Command R+ leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1152 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Command R+ leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Command R+ leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Mistral?
Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command R+ or Mistral better for coding?
Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Mistral share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.