Model comparison

Command R+ vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R+'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Command R+

Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Command R+ leads 28.9 to 16.2.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 33.8% for Command R+ and 45% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Command R+ and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
	Command R+	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Provider	Cohere	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	32.4	30.1
Released	2024-08-30	2024-09
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	128K	131K
Max output	4K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$2.50	$0.70
Output $ / M tokens	$10	$2.80
Results tracked	34	7

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct	33.8%	45%
BigCodeBench Complete	41.9%	52.3%
LiveBench Coding	19.1%	—
LMArena Coding	1187	—
HumanEval+	56.7%	—
MBPP+	63.5%	—

Reasoning Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Epoch Capabilities Index	119.34	128.52
SimpleBench	17.4%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	0%
LiveBench Reasoning	24.8%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1186	—
DTBench	54.9%	—
LiveBench Data Analysis	38.1%	—
LMCA	5%	—
LiveBench	31.8%	—

Math Command R+ leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	7.4%
LiveBench Math	21.3%	—
LMArena Math	1188	—
MATH Level 5	—	56.1%

Knowledge Command R+ leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond	—	46.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.9%	—
LMArena Expert	1174	—
MMLU	69.4%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
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), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following	57.6%	—
LMArena Instruction Following	1197	—

Long Context Not comparable

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query	1230	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R+	Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text	1229	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1235	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1213	—
LiveBench Language	29.7%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is Command R+ or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.