# Command R+ vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

> Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-gemini-3-5-flash-lite
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.4 to 43.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 5% for Command R+ and 37.6% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Google |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 41.8 |
| Rank | 251 | 113 |
| Context | 128K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $2.50 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command R+: 28.6 (#304)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1455 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1440 |
| SciCode | — | 41.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 39% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 765.27 |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command R+: —
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 10% |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 8.9 (#341)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1441 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 83.5% |
| LMCA | 5% | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.28 | 145.12 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 10.3% |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 53.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |

## Math

- Command R+: 26.6 (#239)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1431 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 26% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 13% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 35.9 (#165)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1430 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command R+: —
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1266 |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.8 (#222)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1428 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1467 |
| LMArena French | 1208 | 1452 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1454 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1428 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1406 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1443 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1440 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.2 (#249)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1420 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#214)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1435 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.7 (#223)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1436 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1419 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1445 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1559 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command R+ or Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38.