Noometry

Model comparison

Command R vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Command R Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 51.7 to 38.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 19.4% for Command R and 58.1% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite.
  • Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
ProviderCohereGoogle
Noometry Index31.437.8
Released2024-08-302025-02-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked2932

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R: 29.3 (#306), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LiveBench Coding17.9%47.1%
LMArena Coding11691322
BigCodeBench Instruct37.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete45.2%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R: 13.8 (#331), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LiveBench Reasoning21.9%50.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts11641324
DTBench46.4%52.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis33.3%65.5%
LiveBench27.5%54.3%
LMCA9.2%—
ForecastBench—57.1

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LiveBench Math19.4%58.1%
LMArena Math11551309
Omni-MATH—37.4%

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R: 31.0 (#221), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Expert11381305
MMLU-Pro—72%
GPQA (HELM)—50%
MMLU65.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R: —, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Vision—1100

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R: 35.7 (#245), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Non-English11741323
LMArena Chinese11821339
LMArena French11621347
LMArena German11761306
LMArena Japanese11431301
LMArena Korean11631325
LMArena Russian11741328
LMArena Spanish11511313

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R: 58.1 (#261), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LiveBench Instruction Following55.6%78.3%
LMArena Instruction Following11671305
IFEval—82.4%

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R: 36.3 (#231), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Longer Query11981320

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Command R: 38.2 (#254), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
LMArena Text11871330
LMArena Creative Writing11701319
LMArena Multi-Turn11631307
LiveBench Language16.7%34.3%
WildBench—79%

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32.

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