Model comparison
Command R vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 35B-A3B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 57.9 to 38.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 46.4% for Command R and 80% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $2 for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 42.0 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-02-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 4K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.8 (#251)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1410 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1254 |
| SciCode | — | 29.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 24.6 (#161)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1400 |
| DTBench | 46.4% | 80% |
| LMCA | 9.2% | 29.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 10% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.52 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 39.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1404 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.8 (#79)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.5% |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command R: 35.7 (#245), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.0 (#127)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1457 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1325 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1356 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1376 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1392 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command R: 58.1 (#261), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 72.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1379 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#127)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1389 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 57.9 (#124)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1395 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1346 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1390 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 35B-A3B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command R or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 35B-A3B lists at $0.25 and $2.
Is Command R or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.