Model comparison
Command R vs Step 3
Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
StepFunSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Step 3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Step 3 leads 54.3 to 38.2.
Side by side
| Command R | Step 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 40.5 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 29 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 3 leads
Command R: 29.3 (#306), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)
| Benchmark | Command R | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1367 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Step 3 leads
Command R: 13.8 (#331), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Command R | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1355 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 62.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Step 3 leads
Command R: 28.0 (#246), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)
| Benchmark | Command R | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1366 |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
Knowledge Step 3 leads
Command R: 31.0 (#221), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)
| Benchmark | Command R | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1333 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | Command R | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1177 |
Multilingual Step 3 leads
Command R: 35.7 (#245), Step 3: 46.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Command R | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1327 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1397 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1371 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1371 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |
Instruction Following Step 3 leads
Command R: 58.1 (#261), Step 3: 70.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | Command R | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1332 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
Long Context Step 3 leads
Command R: 36.3 (#231), Step 3: 40.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | Command R | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Step 3 leads
Command R: 38.2 (#254), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Command R | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1350 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1321 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1341 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Step 3?
Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Command R or Step 3 better for coding?
Step 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Step 3 share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.