Model comparison
Command R vs Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Medium in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Magistral Medium leads 39.1 to 29.3.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Magistral Medium accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 4K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Command R leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1250 |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1223 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Command R: 35.7 (#245), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1271 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Command R: 58.1 (#261), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1254 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1275 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command R or Magistral Medium?
Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Command R or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Magistral Medium does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Magistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.