Model comparison

Command R vs Granite 4.0 Micro

Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command R's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Command R

Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

29.0

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R leads 31.0 to 9.9.
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.60 for Command R.
Granite 4.0 Micro accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Command R and Granite 4.0 Micro specifications
	Command R	Granite 4.0 Micro
Provider	Cohere	IBM
Noometry Index	31.4	29.0
Released	2024-08-30	2025-10-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	128K	131K
Max output	4K	118K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$0.017
Output $ / M tokens	$0.60	$0.11
Results tracked	29	8

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Command R: 29.3 (#306), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Granite 4.0 Micro
BigCodeBench Instruct	37.1%	—
LiveBench Coding	17.9%	—
LMArena Coding	1169	—
BigCodeBench Complete	45.2%	—

Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Command R: 13.8 (#331), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Granite 4.0 Micro
Chess Puzzles	—	0%
LiveBench Reasoning	21.9%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1164	—
DTBench	46.4%	—
LiveBench Data Analysis	33.3%	—
LMCA	9.2%	—
LiveBench	27.5%	—

Math Command R leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Granite 4.0 Micro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	2.8%
Omni-MATH	—	20.9%
LiveBench Math	19.4%	—
LMArena Math	1155	—

Knowledge Command R leads

Command R: 31.0 (#221), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Granite 4.0 Micro
GPQA Diamond	—	28.3%
MMLU-Pro	—	39.5%
GPQA (HELM)	—	30.7%
LMArena Expert	1138	—
MMLU	65.2%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Command R: 35.7 (#245), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Non-English	1174	—
LMArena Chinese	1182	—
LMArena French	1162	—
LMArena German	1176	—
LMArena Japanese	1143	—
LMArena Korean	1163	—
LMArena Russian	1174	—
LMArena Spanish	1151	—

Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Command R: 58.1 (#261), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Granite 4.0 Micro
LiveBench Instruction Following	55.6%	—
IFEval	—	84.9%
LMArena Instruction Following	1167	—

Long Context Not comparable

Command R: 36.3 (#231), Granite 4.0 Micro: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Longer Query	1198	—

Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Command R: 38.2 (#254), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Granite 4.0 Micro
LMArena Text	1187	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1170	—
WildBench	—	67%
LMArena Multi-Turn	1163	—
LiveBench Language	16.7%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Which is cheaper, Command R or Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Command R lists at $0.15 and $0.60.

Which has the bigger context window?

Granite 4.0 Micro does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.