Model comparison

Command R+ vs Step 3

Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

Step 3 StepFun

40.5

Rank #149 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Step 3 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 3 leads 28.4 to 9.2.

Side by side

Command R+ and Step 3 specifications
Command R+Step 3
ProviderCohereStepFun
Noometry Index32.440.5
Released2024-08-30—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3417

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Category by category

Coding Step 3 leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Step 3
LMArena Coding11871367
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Reasoning Step 3 leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Step 3
LMArena Hard Prompts11861355
SimpleBench17.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.3%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
DTBench54.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math Step 3 leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Step 3
LMArena Math11881366
LiveBench Math21.3%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Step 3
LMArena Expert11741333
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%—
MMLU69.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R+: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Step 3
LMArena Vision—1177

Multilingual Step 3 leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Step 3: 46.3 (#159)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Step 3
LMArena Non-English12161327
LMArena Chinese12261397
LMArena German12161371
LMArena Korean11381269
LMArena Russian12271331
LMArena Spanish11891371
LMArena French1209—
LMArena Japanese1166—

Instruction Following Step 3 leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Step 3: 70.4 (#164)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Step 3
LMArena Instruction Following11971332
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context Step 3 leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Step 3: 40.3 (#157)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Step 3
LMArena Longer Query12301326

Writing & Preference Step 3 leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand R+Step 3
LMArena Text12291350
LMArena Creative Writing12351321
LMArena Multi-Turn12131341
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than Step 3?

Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R+ or Step 3 better for coding?

Step 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Step 3 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.

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