# Command R+ vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

> Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-grok-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 27

## Summary

- They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 2 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 16.4 to 8.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 21.3% for Command R+ and 54.9% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 33.4 |
| Rank | 251 | 233 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command R+: 28.6 (#304)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | 46.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1288 |
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 8.9 (#341)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | 22.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | 54.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1272 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 65.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | 54.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.28 | 130.48 |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | 54.3% |
| LMCA | 5% | — |

## Math

- Command R+: 26.6 (#239)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | 54.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 11.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 35.9 (#165)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1254 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.8 (#222)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1289 |
| LMArena French | 1208 | 1317 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1237 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1281 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.2 (#249)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | 69.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1270 |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#214)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1276 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.7 (#223)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1290 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | 45.6% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Command R+ or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.