# Command R+ vs GPT-4

> Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-gpt-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 24

## Summary

- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 3 categories and GPT-4 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command R+ leads 28.9 to 10.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 41.9% for Command R+ and 57.2% for GPT-4.
- Command R+ is cheaper at $2.50 / $10 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $60 for GPT-4.
- Command R+ accepts more context: 128K tokens versus 8K.
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 29.1 |
| Rank | 257 | 316 |
| Context | 128K | 8K |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $30 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $60 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command R+: 29.1 (#309)
- GPT-4: 31.6 (#283)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | 46% |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1254 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | 57.2% |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | 79.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 12.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command R+: —
- GPT-4: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | — | 36.1% |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 9.2 (#344)
- GPT-4: 17.8 (#289)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1241 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 62.7% |
| LMCA | 5% | 17.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 125.89 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 75.1% |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.8 |
| HellaSwag | — | 95.3% |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 87.5% |

## Math

- Command R+: 28.9 (#242)
- GPT-4: 10.8 (#309)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1269 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.1% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 23% |
| GSM8K | — | 92% |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 36.4 (#169)
- GPT-4: 18.4 (#282)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1211 |
| MMLU | 69.4% | 86.4% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 35.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| TriviaQA | — | 84.8% |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.6 (#227)
- GPT-4: 40.6 (#215)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1246 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1242 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1283 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1251 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1209 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1184 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1251 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1261 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.0 (#254)
- GPT-4: 65.3 (#222)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1241 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#219)
- GPT-4: 37.7 (#212)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1244 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.5 (#228)
- GPT-4: 34.9 (#268)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1263 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1257 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 752 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than GPT-4?

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command R+ or GPT-4?

Command R+ is cheaper. It lists at $2.50 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; GPT-4 lists at $30 and $60.

### Is Command R+ or GPT-4 better for coding?

GPT-4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Command R+ does, with 128K tokens against 8K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and GPT-4 share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4 has 38.