# Command R+ vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B

> DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 1 category and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B leads 18.2 to 9.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 21.3% for Command R+ and 59.4% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 35.5 |
| Rank | 257 | 226 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R+: 29.1 (#309)
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 36.1 (#212)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | 43.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | 33.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | 54.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command R+: —
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 28.1 (#94)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 19.5% |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 9.2 (#344)
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 18.2 (#284)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | 52.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | 45.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 137.44 |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | 45.5% |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |

## Math

- Command R+: 28.9 (#242)
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 34.5 (#194)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | 59.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 55.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 36.4 (#169)
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 35.7 (#182)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 64.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.6 (#227)
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | — |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.0 (#254)
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 61.6 (#243)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | 55.7% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#219)
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.5 (#228)
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 49.6 (#188)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | 26.8% |
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Command R+ or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.1 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has 14.