Model comparison

Command R+ vs Qwen1.5-72B

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #285 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R+ leads 36.4 to 11.5.

Side by side

Command R+ and Qwen1.5-72B specifications
Command R+Qwen1.5-72B
ProviderCohereAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.430.8
Released2024-08-302024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3422

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-72B leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Qwen1.5-72B
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%33.2%
LMArena Coding11871165
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%40.3%
HumanEval+56.7%59.1%
MBPP+63.5%61.6%
LiveBench Coding19.1%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-72B leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts11861148
SimpleBench17.4%—
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
DTBench54.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math Qwen1.5-72B leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Math11881164
LiveBench Math21.3%—

Knowledge Command R+ leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Expert11741136
GPQA Diamond—28.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
MMLU69.4%—

Multilingual Command R+ leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Non-English12161135
LMArena Chinese12261186
LMArena French12091159
LMArena German12161084
LMArena Japanese11661061
LMArena Korean11381050
LMArena Russian12271104
LMArena Spanish11891110

Instruction Following Too close to call

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Instruction Following11971141
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context Command R+ leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Longer Query12301157

Writing & Preference Command R+ leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Text12291166
LMArena Creative Writing12351137
LMArena Multi-Turn12131160
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Qwen1.5-72B?

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R+ or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-72B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.9 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Qwen1.5-72B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.

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