Model comparison

Command R vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Command R Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Command R leads 38.2 to 27.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Instruction Following: 55.6% for Command R and 39.1% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct.

Side by side

Command R and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
Command RPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderCohereMicrosoft
Noometry Index31.427.9
Released2024-08-302024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked2935

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Category by category

Coding Command R leads

Command R: 29.3 (#306), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand RPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Coding17.9%15.5%
LMArena Coding11691093
BigCodeBench Instruct37.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete45.2%—
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning Too close to call

Command R: 13.8 (#331), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand RPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Reasoning21.9%26.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts11641072
LiveBench Data Analysis33.3%34.7%
LiveBench27.5%22.4%
Chess Puzzles—0%
DTBench46.4%—
LMCA9.2%—
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
HellaSwag—76.7%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math Command R leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand RPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Math19.4%15.7%
LMArena Math11551111

Knowledge Command R leads

Command R: 31.0 (#221), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand RPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert11381045
MMLU65.2%68.8%
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual Command R leads

Command R: 35.7 (#245), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand RPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English11741021
LMArena Chinese11821021
LMArena French11621076
LMArena German11761044
LMArena Japanese1143935
LMArena Korean1163905
LMArena Russian11741022
LMArena Spanish11511085

Instruction Following Command R leads

Command R: 58.1 (#261), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand RPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following55.6%39.1%
LMArena Instruction Following11671053

Long Context Command R leads

Command R: 36.3 (#231), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand RPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query11981044

Writing & Preference Command R leads

Command R: 38.2 (#254), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCommand RPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text11871073
LMArena Creative Writing11701037
LMArena Multi-Turn11631018
LiveBench Language16.7%9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Command R or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

Command R scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.3 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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