Model comparison
Command R vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command R leads 28.0 to 16.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 37.1% for Command R and 45% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 30.1 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Max output | 4K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | 45% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | 52.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | — |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 128.52 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Command R leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |
Knowledge Command R leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | — |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command R: 35.7 (#245), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Not comparable
Command R: 58.1 (#261), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Is Command R or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.