# Command R+ vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 25.7 to 8.9.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 39.3 |
| Rank | 251 | 156 |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $0.06 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $0.16 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R+: 28.6 (#304)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1370 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 8.9 (#341)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1335 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.28 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |

## Math

- Command R+: 26.6 (#239)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1355 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 35.9 (#165)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1354 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.8 (#222)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1292 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1356 |
| LMArena French | 1208 | 1369 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1280 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1233 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1257 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1321 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.2 (#249)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1317 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#214)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1312 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.7 (#223)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1324 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1327 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command R+ or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.6 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.