# Command R+ vs Llama 3.1-405B

> Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.0 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-llama-3-1-405b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 21

## Summary

- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 3 categories and Llama 3.1-405B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Command R+ leads 26.6 to 17.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 54.9% for Command R+ and 61.4% for Llama 3.1-405B.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 30.4 |
| Rank | 251 | 279 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R+: 28.6 (#304)
- Llama 3.1-405B: 32.7 (#257)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1291 |
| WeirdML | — | 21.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command R+: —
- Llama 3.1-405B: 20.9 (#131)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 7.4% |
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 8.9 (#341)
- Llama 3.1-405B: 16.4 (#293)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | 23% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1270 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 61.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.28 | 128.76 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 45% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 82.9% |
| ForecastBench | — | 59.9 |
| HellaSwag | — | 89.2% |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
| PIQA | — | 85.9% |
| WinoGrande | — | 89.2% |

## Math

- Command R+: 26.6 (#239)
- Llama 3.1-405B: 17.3 (#283)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1281 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 9.7% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.9% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 49.8% |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 35.9 (#165)
- Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#221)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1243 |
| MMLU | 69.4% | 84.5% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 50.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 17.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 52.2% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 95.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 82.7% |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.8 (#222)
- Llama 3.1-405B: 40.9 (#209)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1248 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1242 |
| LMArena French | 1208 | 1278 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1252 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1208 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1184 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1265 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1259 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.2 (#249)
- Llama 3.1-405B: 66.1 (#209)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1259 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 81.1% |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#214)
- Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#192)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1266 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.7 (#223)
- Llama 3.1-405B: 39.1 (#246)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1284 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1262 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1297 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 870 |
| WildBench | — | 78.3% |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than Llama 3.1-405B?

Command R+ is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.0 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Command R+ or Llama 3.1-405B better for coding?

Llama 3.1-405B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.7 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Llama 3.1-405B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-405B has 42.
