# Command R+ vs DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)

> DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-deepseek-v2-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 21

## Summary

- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 1 category and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 25.6 to 9.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 33.8% for Command R+ and 48.6% for DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024).

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 37.6 |
| Rank | 257 | 200 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R+: 29.1 (#309)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | 48.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1309 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | 53.2% |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | 83.5% |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | 74.1% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 17.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 9.2 (#344)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1289 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |

## Math

- Command R+: 28.9 (#242)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1288 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 36.4 (#169)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1266 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.6 (#227)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1273 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1318 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1289 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1258 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1209 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1289 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1248 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.0 (#254)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1280 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#219)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1301 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.5 (#228)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1294 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1285 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Command R+ or DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22.