# Command R vs DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)

> DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-deepseek-v2-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 25.6 to 13.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 37.1% for Command R and 48.6% for DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024).

## Snapshot

| | Command R | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 37.6 |
| Rank | 272 | 200 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R: 29.3 (#306)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281)

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | 48.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1309 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | 53.2% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 17.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 83.5% |
| MBPP+ | — | 74.1% |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.8 (#331)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145)

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1289 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |

## Math

- Command R: 28.0 (#246)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177)

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1288 |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 31.0 (#221)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193)

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1266 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.7 (#245)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193)

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1273 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1318 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1289 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1258 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1209 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1289 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1248 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.1 (#261)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194)

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1280 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#231)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174)

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1301 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.2 (#254)
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187)

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1294 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1285 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Command R or DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Command R and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22.