Model comparison

Command R vs Step 3.7 Flash

Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Step 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Command R

Cohere

31.4

Rank #272 Confirmed

Step 3.7 Flash

StepFun

37.3

Rank #207 Reported

Summary

The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 42.9 to 28.0.
Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $1.11 for Step 3.7 Flash.
Step 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Command R and Step 3.7 Flash specifications
	Command R	Step 3.7 Flash
Provider	Cohere	StepFun
Noometry Index	31.4	37.3
Released	2024-08-30	2026-05-29
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	128K	256K
Max output	4K	256K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$0.18
Output $ / M tokens	$0.60	$1.11
Results tracked	29	5

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Category by category

Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads

Command R: 29.3 (#306), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Step 3.7 Flash
SciCode	—	40%
BigCodeBench Instruct	37.1%	—
LiveBench Coding	17.9%	—
LMArena Coding	1169	—
BigCodeBench Complete	45.2%	—
ALE-Bench	—	694.12

Reasoning Step 3.7 Flash leads

Command R: 13.8 (#331), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Step 3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)	—	39.7%
CritPt	—	2.3%
LiveBench Reasoning	21.9%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	1164	—
DTBench	46.4%	—
LiveBench Data Analysis	33.3%	—
LMCA	9.2%	—
LiveBench	27.5%	—

Math Step 3.7 Flash leads

Command R: 28.0 (#246), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Step 3.7 Flash
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	—	68.5%
LiveBench Math	19.4%	—
LMArena Math	1155	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Command R: 31.0 (#221), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Expert	1138	—
MMLU	65.2%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Command R: 35.7 (#245), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Step 3.7 Flash
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), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Step 3.7 Flash
LiveBench Instruction Following	55.6%	—
LMArena Instruction Following	1167	—

Long Context Not comparable

Command R: 36.3 (#231), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query	1198	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Command R: 38.2 (#254), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Command R	Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text	1187	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1170	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1163	—
LiveBench Language	16.7%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R better than Step 3.7 Flash?

Which is cheaper, Command R or Step 3.7 Flash?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Step 3.7 Flash lists at $0.18 and $1.11.

Is Command R or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Step 3.7 Flash does, with 256K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R and Step 3.7 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.