Model comparison
Command R+ vs Qwen3 8B
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 8B in 5 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 8B leads 16.1 to 8.9.
- Qwen3 8B is cheaper at $0.18 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Qwen3 8B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 33.3 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Max output | 4K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 8B leads
Command R+: 28.6 (#304), Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R+: —, Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Qwen3 8B leads
Command R+: 8.9 (#341), Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 54.9% | 59.7% |
| LMCA | 5% | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.28 | 136.17 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Qwen3 8B leads
Command R+: 26.6 (#239), Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Command R+: 35.9 (#165), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | 4.8% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command R+: 38.8 (#222), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | — |
| LMArena French | 1208 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Command R+: 60.2 (#249), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Command R+: 37.3 (#214), Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Command R+: 43.7 (#223), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.18 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Qwen3 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.4 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 8B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Qwen3 8B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.