# Command R vs Command R+

> Command R and Command R+ score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.4 vs 32.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-command-r-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 29

## Summary

- They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 2 categories and Command R+ in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command R+ leads 36.4 to 31.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Language: 16.7% for Command R and 29.7% for Command R+.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Cohere |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 32.4 |
| Rank | 272 | 257 |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | $2.50 |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | $10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R: 29.3 (#306)
- Command R+: 29.1 (#309)

| Benchmark | Command R | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | 33.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | 19.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1187 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | 41.9% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 56.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 63.5% |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.8 (#331)
- Command R+: 9.2 (#344)

| Benchmark | Command R | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | 24.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1186 |
| DTBench | 46.4% | 54.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | 38.1% |
| LMCA | 9.2% | 5% |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | 31.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 17.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.34 |

## Math

- Command R: 28.0 (#246)
- Command R+: 28.9 (#242)

| Benchmark | Command R | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | 21.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1188 |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 31.0 (#221)
- Command R+: 36.4 (#169)

| Benchmark | Command R | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1174 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | 69.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.9% |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.7 (#245)
- Command R+: 38.6 (#227)

| Benchmark | Command R | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1226 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1209 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1216 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1166 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1138 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1227 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1189 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.1 (#261)
- Command R+: 60.0 (#254)

| Benchmark | Command R | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | 57.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1197 |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#231)
- Command R+: 37.3 (#219)

| Benchmark | Command R | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1230 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.2 (#254)
- Command R+: 43.5 (#228)

| Benchmark | Command R | Command R+ |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1229 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1235 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1213 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | 29.7% |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than Command R+?

Command R and Command R+ score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.4 vs 32.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Which is cheaper, Command R or Command R+?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command R or Command R+ better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (29.3 vs 29.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 128K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Command R and Command R+ share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Command R+ has 34.