Model comparison
Command R vs Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
GoogleSummary
- They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 74.6 to 58.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 19.4% for Command R and 75.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025).
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 34.8 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2024-12-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 29 | 54 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Command R: 28.8 (#301), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.2 (#308)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | 45.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | 63.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1170 | 1351 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | 59.9% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 13.5% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 38.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 25.8% |
| CadEval | — | 30% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R: —, Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.0 (#85)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 11.4% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Command R: 13.3 (#329), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#308)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | 78.2% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1346 |
| DTBench | 46.4% | 63.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | 69.4% |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | 66.9% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 1.3% |
| SimpleBench | — | 31.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 1.1% |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.36 |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Command R: 25.8 (#244), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.1 (#127)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | 75.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1351 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 57.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 45.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 82.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Command R: 30.5 (#219), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#207)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1340 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | 79.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 64.1% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 6.6% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 73.7% |
| Confabulations | — | 12.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 55.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R: —, Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 35.9 (#74)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1158 |
| GeoBench | — | 77% |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Command R: 35.9 (#240), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.6 (#144)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1342 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1373 |
| LMArena French | 1161 | 1390 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1354 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1293 |
| LMArena Korean | 1162 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1351 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1150 | 1363 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Command R: 58.3 (#256), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.6 (#91)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | 85.8% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1336 |
| IFEval | — | 84.1% |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Command R: 36.3 (#226), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#198)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1345 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 61.1% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Command R: 38.4 (#248), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.8 (#184)
| Benchmark | Command R | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1354 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1340 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1350 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | 51.3% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 73.8% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1128 |
| WildBench | — | 80% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)?
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command R or Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (28.8 vs 28.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) share?
28 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54.