# Command R+ vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

> Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-qwen3-vl-235b-a22b
- 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 Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 28.1 to 8.9.
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 42.5 |
| Rank | 251 | 98 |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $0.70 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $2.80 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R+: 28.6 (#304)
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 41.8 (#103)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1438 |
| 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-VL 235B-A22B: 28.1 (#92)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1428 |
| 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)
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 36.2 (#120)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1426 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 35.9 (#165)
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.6 (#120)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1440 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command R+: —
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.1 (#50)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1247 |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.8 (#222)
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 52.1 (#92)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1462 |
| LMArena French | 1208 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1385 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1395 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1409 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1427 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.2 (#249)
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.4 (#95)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1407 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#214)
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#93)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1420 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.7 (#223)
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.4 (#94)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1367 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1428 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command R+ or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.