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Model comparison

Command R vs Mistral Large 4

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Command R Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4 Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 4 leads 60.4 to 38.2.
  • Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
  • Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
  • Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command RMistral Large 4
ProviderCohereMistral AI
Noometry Index31.443.1
Released2024-08-302026-10-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K1.05M
Max output4K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.68
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$2.09
Results tracked2915

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 4 leads

Command R: 29.3 (#306), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

BenchmarkCommand RMistral Large 4
LMArena Coding11691475
LMArena WebDev—1541
BigCodeBench Instruct37.1%—
LiveBench Coding17.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete45.2%—

Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads

Command R: 13.8 (#331), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

BenchmarkCommand RMistral Large 4
LMArena Hard Prompts11641444
NYT Connections (extended)—27.4%
LiveBench Reasoning21.9%—
DTBench46.4%—
LiveBench Data Analysis33.3%—
LMCA9.2%—
LiveBench27.5%—

Math Mistral Large 4 leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

BenchmarkCommand RMistral Large 4
LMArena Math11551488
LiveBench Math19.4%—

Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads

Command R: 31.0 (#221), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

BenchmarkCommand RMistral Large 4
LMArena Expert11381447
SimpleQA Verified—20%
MMLU65.2%—

Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads

Command R: 35.7 (#245), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

BenchmarkCommand RMistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English11741415
LMArena Chinese11821491
LMArena Russian11741414
LMArena French1162—
LMArena German1176—
LMArena Japanese1143—
LMArena Korean1163—
LMArena Spanish1151—

Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads

Command R: 58.1 (#261), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

BenchmarkCommand RMistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following11671424
LiveBench Instruction Following55.6%—

Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads

Command R: 36.3 (#231), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

BenchmarkCommand RMistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query11981429

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads

Command R: 38.2 (#254), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

BenchmarkCommand RMistral Large 4
LMArena Text11871427
LMArena Creative Writing11701361
LMArena Multi-Turn11631424
LiveBench Language16.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Command R or Mistral Large 4?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

Is Command R or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Mistral Large 4 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.

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