# Command R+ vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

> Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 21

## Summary

- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 23.9 to 8.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 54.9% for Command R+ and 80% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is cheaper at $0.25 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 41.7 |
| Rank | 251 | 118 |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R+: 28.6 (#304)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.5 (#244)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1410 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1254 |
| SciCode | — | 29.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 8.9 (#341)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 23.9 (#158)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1400 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 80% |
| LMCA | 5% | 29.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.28 | 142.52 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 10% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |

## Math

- Command R+: 26.6 (#239)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 38.4 (#86)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1404 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 35.9 (#165)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.7 (#73)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | 10.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.5% |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.8 (#222)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.2 (#122)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1379 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1458 |
| LMArena French | 1208 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1326 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1354 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1377 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1390 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.2 (#249)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 73.0 (#123)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1379 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#214)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#122)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1390 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.7 (#223)
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 58.1 (#118)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1395 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1347 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1391 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command R+ or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.