Model comparison
Command R+ vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 43.5.
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 45.3 |
| 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 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1487 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1483 |
| 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 Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1474 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1489 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1467 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1478 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command R+ or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.