Model comparison
Command R vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Plus in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 49.6 to 28.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 46.4% for Command R and 80.5% for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- Qwen3.5 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 42.9 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 4K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 46.4% | 80.5% |
| LMCA | 9.2% | 36.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.78 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | — |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command R: 35.7 (#245), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Command R or Qwen3.5 Plus?
Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus lists at $0.40 and $2.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.