Noometry

Model comparison

Command R vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Command R Cohere

31.0

Rank #267 Confirmed

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.4 to 38.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 46.4% for Command R and 83.5% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
  • Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
  • Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
ProviderCohereGoogle
Noometry Index31.041.8
Released2024-08-302026-07-21
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K1.05M
Max output4K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$2.50
Results tracked2938

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Command R: 28.8 (#301), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Coding11701455
LMArena WebDev—1440
SciCode—41.3%
WeirdML—39%
BigCodeBench Instruct37.1%—
LiveBench Coding17.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete45.2%—
ALE-Bench—765.27

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
GDP.pdf—10%

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Command R: 13.3 (#329), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts11641441
DTBench46.4%83.5%
LMCA9.2%37.6%
ARC-AGI-2—10.3%
NYT Connections (extended)—60.4%
ARC-AGI-1—53.5%
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—22%
LiveBench Reasoning21.9%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
LiveBench Data Analysis33.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—145.12
LiveBench27.5%—

Math Too close to call

Command R: 25.8 (#244), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Math11551431
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—26%
FrontierMath Tier 4—0%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—71.1%
ProofBench—13%
LiveBench Math19.4%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Command R: 30.5 (#219), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Expert11381430
GPQA Diamond—83.3%
MMLU65.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Command R: —, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Vision—1266

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Command R: 35.9 (#240), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Non-English11741428
LMArena Chinese11821467
LMArena French11611452
LMArena German11761454
LMArena Japanese11431428
LMArena Korean11621406
LMArena Russian11741443
LMArena Spanish11501440

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Command R: 58.3 (#256), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Instruction Following11671420
LiveBench Instruction Following55.6%—

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Command R: 36.3 (#226), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Longer Query11981435

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Command R: 38.4 (#248), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55)

BenchmarkCommand RGemini 3.5 Flash Lite
LMArena Text11871436
LMArena Creative Writing11701419
LMArena Multi-Turn11631445
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1559
LiveBench Language16.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Command R or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Command R or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38.

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