Noometry

Model comparison

Command R vs Nova Premier 1.0

Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 19× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Command R Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

Nova Premier 1.0 Amazon

38.3

Rank #189 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 51.0 to 38.2.
  • Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
  • Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
  • Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Command RNova Premier 1.0
ProviderCohereAmazon
Noometry Index31.438.3
Released2024-08-302025-04-30
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K1M
Max output4K10K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$12.50
Results tracked296

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Command R: 29.3 (#306), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkCommand RNova Premier 1.0
BigCodeBench Instruct37.1%—
LiveBench Coding17.9%—
LMArena Coding1169—
BigCodeBench Complete45.2%—

Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Command R: 13.8 (#331), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)

BenchmarkCommand RNova Premier 1.0
Kagi LLM Benchmark—44.8%
LiveBench Reasoning21.9%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1164—
DTBench46.4%—
LiveBench Data Analysis33.3%—
LMCA9.2%—
LiveBench27.5%—

Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)

BenchmarkCommand RNova Premier 1.0
Omni-MATH—35%
LiveBench Math19.4%—
LMArena Math1155—

Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Command R: 31.0 (#221), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)

BenchmarkCommand RNova Premier 1.0
MMLU-Pro—72.6%
GPQA (HELM)—51.8%
LMArena Expert1138—
MMLU65.2%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Command R: 35.7 (#245), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkCommand RNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Non-English1174—
LMArena Chinese1182—
LMArena French1162—
LMArena German1176—
LMArena Japanese1143—
LMArena Korean1163—
LMArena Russian1174—
LMArena Spanish1151—

Instruction Following Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Command R: 58.1 (#261), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)

BenchmarkCommand RNova Premier 1.0
LiveBench Instruction Following55.6%—
IFEval—80.3%
LMArena Instruction Following1167—

Long Context Not comparable

Command R: 36.3 (#231), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkCommand RNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Longer Query1198—

Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads

Command R: 38.2 (#254), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)

BenchmarkCommand RNova Premier 1.0
LMArena Text1187—
LMArena Creative Writing1170—
WildBench—78.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn1163—
LiveBench Language16.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Nova Premier 1.0?

Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 19× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Command R or Nova Premier 1.0?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Nova Premier 1.0 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.

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