Model comparison

Command R vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 2.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 26 shared benchmarks.

Command R

Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google

45.0

Rank #75 Confirmed

Summary

They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 2.5 Pro in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Pro leads 63.7 to 38.2.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 19.4% for Command R and 90.2% for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Gemini 2.5 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command R and Gemini 2.5 Pro specifications
	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
Provider	Cohere	Google
Noometry Index	31.4	45.0
Released	2024-08-30	2025-03-25
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	128K	1.05M
Max output	4K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$1.25
Output $ / M tokens	$0.60	$10
Results tracked	29	78

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Command R: 29.3 (#306), Gemini 2.5 Pro: 42.4 (#101)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
LiveBench Coding	17.9%	85.9%
LMArena Coding	1169	1452
SWE-bench Verified	—	57.6%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)	—	53.6%
Aider Polyglot	—	83.1%
LMArena WebDev	—	1227
SciCode	—	42.8%
GSO	—	3.9%
WeirdML	—	54%
BigCodeBench Instruct	37.1%	—
BigCodeBench Complete	45.2%	—
CadEval	—	64%
ALE-Bench	—	785.52
AlgoTune	—	1.51

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R: —, Gemini 2.5 Pro: 29.2 (#88)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
Terminal-Bench	—	32.6%
GDPval	—	23.3%
Remote Labor Index	—	0.8%
TheAgentCompany	—	30.3%
τ²-bench Banking	—	13.7%
DeepResearch Bench	—	42.8%
BALROG	—	43.3%
LMArena Search	—	1142
METR Time Horizons	—	55.4%
Vending-Bench 2	—	573.64

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Command R: 13.8 (#331), Gemini 2.5 Pro: 28.8 (#99)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
LiveBench Reasoning	21.9%	89.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1164	1455
DTBench	46.4%	82.4%
LiveBench Data Analysis	33.3%	79.9%
LMCA	9.2%	34.8%
LiveBench	27.5%	82.3%
ARC-AGI-2	—	4.9%
SimpleBench	—	62.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	70.3%
ARC-AGI-1	—	41%
CritPt	—	2%
Chess Puzzles	—	20%
EnigmaEval	—	5.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	145.32
ForecastBench	—	61.3

Math Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), Gemini 2.5 Pro: 32.5 (#213)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
LiveBench Math	19.4%	90.2%
LMArena Math	1155	1450
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	24.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4	—	0%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	84.7%
Omni-MATH	—	41.6%
MATH Level 5	—	95.9%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	14.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	—	4.2%

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Command R: 31.0 (#221), Gemini 2.5 Pro: 56.0 (#46)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Expert	1138	1452
GPQA Diamond	—	85.3%
Humanity's Last Exam	—	21.6%
MMLU-Pro	—	86.3%
Confabulations	—	10.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	7%
GPQA (HELM)	—	74.9%
MMLU	65.2%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R: —, Gemini 2.5 Pro: 45.2 (#18)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Vision	—	1263
GeoBench	—	86%
VPCT	—	48%
LMArena Document	—	1421
SpatialViz-Bench	—	44.7%

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Command R: 35.7 (#245), Gemini 2.5 Pro: 55.3 (#31)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Non-English	1174	1451
LMArena Chinese	1182	1507
LMArena French	1162	1472
LMArena German	1176	1487
LMArena Japanese	1143	1461
LMArena Korean	1163	1434
LMArena Russian	1174	1461
LMArena Spanish	1151	1473

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Command R: 58.1 (#261), Gemini 2.5 Pro: 75.0 (#75)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
LiveBench Instruction Following	55.6%	80.6%
LMArena Instruction Following	1167	1437
IFEval	—	84%

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Command R: 36.3 (#231), Gemini 2.5 Pro: 59.8 (#5)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Longer Query	1198	1449
Fiction.LiveBench	—	91.7%

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Command R: 38.2 (#254), Gemini 2.5 Pro: 63.7 (#62)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text	1187	1458
LMArena Creative Writing	1170	1454
LMArena Multi-Turn	1163	1453
LiveBench Language	16.7%	67.8%
Short-Story Creative Writing	—	83.8%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1421
WildBench	—	85.7%

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Which is cheaper, Command R or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Pro lists at $1.25 and $10.

Is Command R or Gemini 2.5 Pro better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Gemini 2.5 Pro share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.5 Pro has 78.